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astronomical triangle
noun
- the spherical triangle formed by the great circles connecting a celestial object, the zenith, and the celestial pole.
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Origin of astronomical triangle1
First recorded in 1915–20
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It is designed for taking observations of heavenly bodies and recording mechanically the parts of the astronomical triangle used in navigation and like work.
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Kennedy was talking rapidly of data which he had derived from the study of the photograph as from plumb line, level, compass, and tape, astronomical triangle, vertices, zenith, pole, and sun, declination, azimuth, solar time, parallactic angles, refraction, and a dozen other bewildering terms.
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