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Noun Concept
Categories: Celestial mechanics, Spherical astronomy
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culmination  Culminate  lower culmination  Meridian passage  meridian transit
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(astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon WordNet 3.0
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(astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In observational astronomy, culmination is the passage of a celestial object across the observer's local meridian. Wikipedia
term in astronomy Wikidata
The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit. Wiktionary
Astronomy: attainment of the highest point. Wiktionary (translation)
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celestial point
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Culminate, lower culmination, Meridian passage, meridian transit, solar culmination, upper culmination

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