| NOUN | shape | angular distance | the angular separation between two objects as perceived by an observer |
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| Meaning | The angular separation between two objects as perceived by an observer. | |
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| Example | "he recorded angular distances between the stars" | |
| Narrower | declination, celestial latitude, dec | (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator |
| hour angle, HA | (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing | |
| latitude | The angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself | |
| longitude | The angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich | |
| right ascension, RA, celestial longitude | (astronomy) the equatorial coordinate specifying the angle, measured eastward along the celestial equator, from the vernal equinox to the intersection of the hour circle that passes through an object in the sky | |
| true anomaly | The angular distance of a point in an orbit past the point of periapsis measured in degrees | |
| Broader | angle | The space between two lines or planes that intersect |
| Catalan | distància angular | |
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