HyperDic: celestial_horizon

English > 1 sense of the expression celestial horizon:
NOUNlocationcelestial horizon, horizonthe great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth
English > celestial horizon: 1 sense > noun 1, location
MeaningThe great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth.
Synonymhorizon
Broadergreat circleA circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center
Spanishhorizonte
Catalanhoritzó

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