HOUR CIRCLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hour circle mean? 

• HOUR CIRCLE (noun)
  The noun HOUR CIRCLE has 1 sense:

1. a great circle on the celestial sphere that passes through both celestial poles

  Familiarity information: HOUR CIRCLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOUR CIRCLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A great circle on the celestial sphere that passes through both celestial poles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("hour circle" 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)