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Definition: Oblique descension
Descension
\De*scen"sion\, n. [OF. descension, L. descensio. See
Descent.]
The act of going downward; descent; falling or sinking;
declension; degradation.
[1913 Webster]
Oblique descension (Astron.), the degree or arc of the
equator which descends, with a celestial object, below the
horizon of an oblique sphere.
Right descension, the degree or arc of the equator which
descends below the horizon of a right sphere at the same
time with the object. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
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