CELESTIAL HORIZON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does celestial horizon mean? 

• CELESTIAL HORIZON (noun)
  The noun CELESTIAL HORIZON has 1 sense:

1. the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth

  Familiarity information: CELESTIAL HORIZON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CELESTIAL HORIZON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

celestial horizon; horizon

Hypernyms ("celestial horizon" is a kind of...):

great circle (a circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center)