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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Either of two diametrically opposite points at which imaginary extensions of the earth's rotational axis intersect the celestial sphere.
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- noun An imaginary point situated where a
planet 'saxis intersects thecelestial sphere .
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- noun one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere
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