hour circle

hour cir·cle

H h

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ouuh r, ou-er sur-kuh l]
- /aʊər, ˈaʊ ər ˈsɜr kəl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ouuh r, ou-er sur-kuh l]
- /aʊər, ˈaʊ ər ˈsɜr kəl/

Definitions of hour circle words

noun hour circle a great circle on the celestial sphere passing through the celestial poles and containing a point on the celestial sphere, as a star or the vernal equinox. 1
noun hour circle a great circle on the celestial sphere passing through the celestial poles and a specified point, such as a star 0
noun hour circle any great circle of the celestial sphere which passes through the celestial poles and is therefore perpendicular to the celestial equator 0

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Origin of hour circle

First appearance:

before 1665

One of the 47% oldest English words

First recorded in 1665-75

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Parts of speech for Hour circle

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Hour circle

hour circle popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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