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geocentrical |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Geocentric \Ge`o*cen"tric\, Geocentrical \Ge`o*cen"tric*al\, a. ] Having considering, or based on the earth as center; as the geocentric theory of the universe. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Geocentric \Ge`o*cen"tric\, Geocentrical \Ge`o*cen"tric*al\, a. [Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + ke`ntron center: cf F. g['e]ocentrique.] (Astron.) a Having reference to the earth as center; in relation to or seen from the earth, -- usually opposed to heliocentric, as seen from the sun; as the geocentric longitude or latitude of a planet. b Having reference to the center of the earth. {Geocentric latitude} (of place) the angle included between the radius of the earth through the place and the plane of the equator, in distinction from geographic latitude. It is a little less than the geographic latitude.
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