right ascensions
right ascensions is the plural of right ascension.
Meaning of right ascension
Noun
right ascension (plural right ascensions)
- The angular distance east of the vernal point (“the solar zenith at the March equinox”); the celestial equivalent of longitude.
- The sun's right ascension in time is useful to the practical astronomer in regular observatories, who adjusts his clock by sidereal time.1809, William Nicholson, “ASCENSION”, in The British Encyclopedia, or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences; […], volume I (A … B), London: Printed by C[harles] Whittingham, […]; for Longman, Hurst, Rees...
- Synonyms:
- α
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- What is right ascensions the plural of?
- Right ascensions is the plural of right ascension.
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