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zenial passage

zenial passage is the alternative form of zenithal passage.

Meaning of zenithal passage

Noun

zenithal passage (plural zenithal passages)

  1. The passing of the sun directly overhead such that no shadows are cast by a pole sticking straight up from the ground. These conditions only occur in locations between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.

Forms of zenial passage

pluralzenial passages

Questions about zenial passage

What is zenial passage the alternative form of?
Zenial passage is the alternative form of zenithal passage.

Words near zenial passage in the dictionary

  1. Zengers
  2. Zengi
  3. Zengoria
  4. Zengs
  5. Zengzian
  6. zenial passage
  7. zenial passages
  8. zenick
  9. zenicks
  10. zenik
  11. zeniplatin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: zenial passage (page history and authors); zenithal passage (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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