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colongitudes

colongitudes is the plural of colongitude.

Meaning of colongitude

Noun

colongitude (plural colongitudes)

  1. The longitude of the morning terminator (division between illuminated and dark regions) on the Moon, as measured in degrees westward from the prime meridian.
    • The colongitude is the longitude of the terminator, that is the location of the separation between the lunar day and night. As the Moon rotates around the Earth with respect to the Sun, the terminator slides westward by 0.5° per hour (“westward” stands here for selenographic coordinates, lunar West...2016, Nicolas Dupont-Bloch, Shoot the Moon: A Complete Guide to Lunar Imaging, page 16

Questions about colongitudes

What is colongitudes the plural of?
Colongitudes is the plural of colongitude.

Words near colongitudes in the dictionary

  1. colones
  2. colonette
  3. colonettes
  4. Colonești
  5. colongitude
  6. colongitudes
  7. Colongra
  8. coloni
  9. colonia
  10. Colonia del Sacramento
  11. Colonia LeBaron

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