( n. )
The near approach of one heavenly body to another, or to the meridian; a coming into conjunction; as, the appulse of the moon to a star, or of a star to the meridian.
( n. )
The near approach of one heavenly body to another, or to the meridian; a coming into conjunction; as, the appulse of the moon to a star, or of a star to the meridian.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012