celestial : Idioms & Phrases


celestial body

  • noun natural objects visible in the sky
    heavenly body.
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Celestial city

  • 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.
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Celestial empire

  • 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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celestial equator

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

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

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

  • noun the collective body of angels
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celestial horizon

  • 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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celestial latitude

  • 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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celestial longitude

  • 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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celestial mechanics

  • 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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celestial navigation

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

  • 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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celestial point

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

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

  • 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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north celestial pole

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

  • noun the celestial pole above the southern hemisphere
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