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paran.

A latitude where, at some longitude at a given moment in time, two celestial bodies (or mathematical points, or any such bodies'/points' projections onto the ecliptic) were simultaneously one on the horizon and the other at its highest in the sky (culminating) or lowest below the horizon.

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  1. A latitude where, at some longitude at a given moment in time, two celestial bodies (or mathematical points, or any such bodies'/points' projections onto the ecliptic) were simultaneously one on the horizon and the other at its highest in the sky (culminating) or lowest below the horizon.

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Short for paranatellonta, from Greek παρανατέλλοντα

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