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Noun Concept
Categories: Ursa Minor (constellation), Articles with short description, Celestial coordinate system, Materials science
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pole  celestial pole  celestial north pole  Celestial Poles  Celestial south pole
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One of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere WordNet 3.0
English:
crystallography
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One of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The north and south celestial poles are the two points in the sky where Earth's axis of rotation, indefinitely extended, intersects the celestial sphere. Wikipedia
The projection of the planet Earth's axis of rotation onto the celestial sphere; also applies to the axis of rotation of other planets Wikipedia Disambiguation
An imaginary point situated where a planet's axis intersects the celestial sphere. Wiktionary
IS A
celestial point
HAS INSTANCE
north celestial pole
south celestial pole
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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pole, celestial pole
Wikipedia
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celestial pole
Wikidata
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celestial pole
Wiktionary
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celestial pole
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celestial north pole, Celestial Pole, Celestial Poles, Celestial south pole, Northern Celestial Pole, pole (crystallography)

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