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polar axis

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English

Syllables
po-lar ax-is
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Of an equatorial mounting, the axis of rotation that is positioned parallel to the axis of the Earth, allowing a telescope to be turned in an hour angle or a right ascension.

noun

A fixed line, usually horizontal, used in polar coordinates and from which an angle coordinate is measured.

Inflected Forms

polar axes (plural)

Questions

What does polar axis mean?
Of an equatorial mounting, the axis of rotation that is positioned parallel to the axis of the Earth, allowing a telescope to be turned in an hour angle or a right ascension.

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