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celestial pole

celestial pole noun: an imaginary point situated where a planet's axis intersects the celestial sphere.

Noun

celestial pole (plural celestial poles)

  1. An imaginary point situated where a planet's axis intersects the celestial sphere.

celestial pole meaning in Tamil, Sanskrit, Tagalog and Vietnamese

celestial pole in Tamil

வானத்துருவம், விண்முனை

celestial pole in Sanskrit

the celestial pole, the axis mundi
ध्रुव dhruvá

celestial pole in Tagalog

Translations
polong selestiyal

celestial pole in Vietnamese

Translations
thiên cực

Forms of celestial pole

pluralcelestial poles

Questions about celestial pole

What does celestial pole mean?
Celestial pole means an imaginary point situated where a planet's axis intersects the celestial sphere.
What is celestial pole in Tamil?
Celestial pole in Tamil is வானத்துருவம், விண்முனை. See Celestial pole meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is celestial pole?
Celestial pole is a noun.
What is the plural of celestial pole?
The plural of celestial pole is celestial poles.

Words near celestial pole in the dictionary

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  5. celestial plural marriages
  6. celestial pole
  7. celestial poles
  8. celestial sphere
  9. celestial spheres
  10. celestial stem
  11. celestial stems

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Adapted from Wiktionary: celestial pole (page history and authors); celestial pole (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ध्रुव (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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