paran
Meanings
noun
- A latitude where, at some longitude at a given moment in time, two celestial bodies (or mathematical points, or any such bodies'/points' projections onto the ecliptic) were simultaneously one on the horizon and the other at its highest in the sky (culminating) or lowest below the horizon.
Word forms
Etymology
Short for paranatellonta, from Greek παρανατέλλοντα
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