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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 309 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DIRECT See also:MOTION , in See also:astronomy, the apparent motion of a See also:body of the See also:solar See also:system on the See also:celestial See also:sphere in the direction from See also:west to See also:east; so called because this is the usual direction of revolution and rotation of the heavenly bodies.

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