VERTICAL CIRCLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vertical circle mean? 

• VERTICAL CIRCLE (noun)
  The noun VERTICAL CIRCLE has 1 sense:

1. a great circle on the celestial sphere passing through the zenith and perpendicular to the horizon

  Familiarity information: VERTICAL CIRCLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VERTICAL CIRCLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A great circle on the celestial sphere passing through the zenith and perpendicular to the horizon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("vertical circle" is a kind of...):

great circle (a circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center)