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CELESTIAL POLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does celestial pole mean? 

CELESTIAL POLE (noun)
  The noun CELESTIAL POLE has 1 sense:

1. one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphereplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CELESTIAL POLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

One of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

celestial pole; pole

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

celestial point (a point in the heavens (on the celestial sphere))

Instance hyponyms:

north celestial pole (the celestial pole above the northern hemisphere; near Polaris)

south celestial pole (the celestial pole above the southern hemisphere)


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