| NOUN | time | Dec, December | the last (12th) month of the year |
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| location | dec, declination, celestial latitude | (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator |
| Sounds | deh'k | |
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| Rhymes | Aztec ... wreck: 41 rhymes with ehk... | |
| Meaning | The last (12th) month of the year. | |
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| Synonym | December | |
| Part of | Gregorian calendar, New Style calendar | The solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years |
| Parts | Christmas, Christmas Day, Xmas, Dec 25 | A Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ |
| Christmas, Christmastide, Christmastime, Yule, Yuletide, Noel | Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6 | |
| New Year's Eve, December 31 | The last day of the year | |
| mid-December | The middle part of December | |
| Broader | Gregorian calendar month | A month in the Gregorian calendar |
| Spanish | diciembre | |
| Catalan | desembre | |
| Meaning | (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere. | |
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| Synonyms | declination, celestial latitude | |
| Category | astronomy, uranology | The branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole |
| Broader | angular distance | The angular separation between two objects as perceived by an observer |
| Spanish | declinación | |
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