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AXIS EARTH [1 record]

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Record 1 2002-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Earth (Astronomy)
  • Theoretical Astronomy
OBS

axis: The straight line, real or imaginary passing through a body on which it revolves or may be imagined to revolve; as the axis of the earth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Terre (Astronomie)
  • Astronomie théorique
DEF

Axe passant par le centre du globe terrestre et autour duquel la Terre tourne.

CONT

[...] toute parallèle à l'axe de rotation de la Terre c'est-à-dire à la droite qui va du pôle Nord (céleste ou terrestre) au pôle Sud (céleste ou terrestre).

Spanish

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