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lower culmination comparison table |
Subject | is an instance of | is a kind of | has definition | has synonym |
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culmination | location dependent periodic celestial event | Passage of a celestial object across the observer's meridian. More precisely, culmination is the passage through the point of greatest altitude in the diurnal path. | meridian passage | |
lower culmination | culmination | Passage of a celestial object across the observer's meridian. The crossing farther from the zenith. | culmination below pole |
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