Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The arc intercepted between any body and the zenith, being the same as the co-altitude of the body.
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Each of its thirty-three maps exhibits in quadruplicate a subdivision of the solar spectrum under varied conditions of weather and zenith-distance.
A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition 1874
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