codeclination
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Related to codeclination: celestial longitude, Colongitude
codeclination
[¦kō‚dek·lə′nā·shən] (navigation)
In celestial navigation, 90° minus the declination; when the declination and latitude are of the same name, codeclination is the same as polar distance measured from the elevated pole.
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