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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 sphere
Familiarity information: CELESTIAL POLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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