GREENWICH HOUR ANGLE


Meaning of GREENWICH HOUR ANGLE in English

usu ˈgrinij in Greenwich, Eng, & in Great Britain as a whole, usually ˈgrenich or ˈgrenēch in Greenwich Village & in NYC as a whole, often in certain other places named Greenwich & usually by speakers unfamiliar with the local pronunc of any place named Greenwich ˈgrēnˌwich; sometimes ˈgrenij or ˈgrenēj or ˈgrinich or ˈgrinēch or ˈgrinēj or ˈgrenˌwich or ˈgrinˌwich noun

Usage: usually capitalized G

Etymology: from Greenwich, England

: the hour angle of a celestial body at the meridian of Greenwich

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