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RIGHT ASCENSION

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 342 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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RIGHT See also:

ASCENSION
ASCENSION, FEAST OF THE

ASCENSION , in See also:

ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

astronomy, that co-See also:

ORDINATE

ordinate of a heavenly See also:

BODY

body defined by the See also:

ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form, angus, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a bend; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

angle which the See also:

meridian passing through it makes with the See also:

PRIME, PRIMER AND PRIMING

prime meridian through the See also:

VERTICAL (from Lat. vertex, highest point)

vertical See also:

EQUINOX (from the Lat. aequus, equal, and nox, night)

equinox (see ASTRONOMY).

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