celestial : Idioms & Phrases

• noun natural objects visible in the sky
  heavenly body.
  

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• noun phrases used to refer to Heaven
  Heavenly City; Holy City; City of God.
  
  • the Celestial City was Christian's goal in Bunyan's `Pilgrim's Progress'

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• heaven; the heavenly Jerusalem. Bunyan.

Webster 1913

• China; so called from the Chinese words, tien chan, Heavenly Dynasty, as being the kingdom ruled over by the dynasty appoined by heaven. S. W. Williams.

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• noun the great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles
  equinoctial line; equinoctial; equinoctial circle.
  

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• noun a globe that is a spherical model of the heavens
  

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• noun a method of controlling the flight of a missile or spacecraft by reference to the positions of celestial bodies
  

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• noun the collective body of angels
  

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• noun the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth
  horizon.
  

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• noun (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere
  declination; dec.
  

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• noun (astronomy) the equatorial coordinate specifying the angle, measured eastward along the celestial equator, from the vernal equinox to the intersection of the hour circle that passes through an object in the sky; usually expressed in hours and minutes and seconds; used with declination to specify positions on the celestial sphere
  right ascension; RA.
  
  • one hour of right ascension equals fifteen degrees

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• noun the branch of astronomy concerned with the application of Newton's laws of motion to the motions of heavenly bodies
  

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• noun navigating according to the positions of the stars
  astronavigation.
  

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• noun the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
  orbit.
  
  • he plotted the orbit of the moon

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• noun a point in the heavens (on the celestial sphere)
  

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• noun one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere
  pole.
  

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• noun the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
  firmament; vault of heaven; welkin; empyrean; sphere; heavens.
  

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• noun the celestial pole above the northern hemisphere; near Polaris
  

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• noun the celestial pole above the southern hemisphere
  

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