Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
(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;
[syn: declination, celestial latitude, dec]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
celestial latitude
n 1: (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 [syn: declination, celestial
latitude, dec]