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paran

paran 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.

Noun

paran (plural parans)

  1. 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.

Forms of paran

pluralparans

Origin of paran

Short for paranatellonta, from Greek παρανατέλλοντα

Questions about paran

What does paran mean?
Paran means 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.
What part of speech is paran?
Paran is a noun.
What is the plural of paran?
The plural of paran is parans.

Words near paran in the dictionary

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  4. paramyxovirus
  5. paramyxoviruses
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  9. Parana pines
  10. paranaesthesia
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