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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
geocentric \ge`ocen"tric\, geocentrical \ge`ocen"trical\, a.
gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + ke`ntron center: cf. f.
g'eocentrique. astron.
a having, considering, or based on, the earth as center;
as, the geocentric theory of the universe; in relation to
or seen from the earth, -- usually opposed to
heliocentric, as seen from the sun; as, the geocentric
longitude or latitude of a planet.
1913 webster + webster 1913 suppl.
geocentric latitude of place the angle included between
the radius of the earth through the place and the plane of
the equator, in distinction from geographic latitude. it
is a little less than the geographic latitude.
1913 webster
see also:
heliocentric geocentric latitude
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