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161 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ANTECEDENCE.1 (Noah Webster)
ANTECEDENCE, n. The act or state of going before in time; precedence. In astronomy, an apparent motion of a planet towards the west, or contrary to the order of the signs.
162 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. APHELION.2 (Noah Webster)
That point of a planet’s orbit which is most distant from the sun; opposed to perihelion.
163 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. APOGEE.2 (Noah Webster)
… the planets, an apogee; but the moderns, considering the sun as the center, use the terms perihelion and aphelion, to denote the least and greatest distance …
164 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. APPULSE.3 (Noah Webster)
2. In astronomy, the approach of any planet to a conjunction with the sun, or a star.
165 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. APPULSIVE.1 (Noah Webster)
APPULSIVE, a. Striking against; driving towards; as, the appulsive influence of the planets.
166 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. APSIS.2 (Noah Webster)
… a planet’s orbit, which are at the greatest and least distance from the sun or earth; the most distant point is the aphelion, or apogee; the least distant, the …
167 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ASCENDING.2 (Noah Webster)
Ascending latitude is the latitude of a planet, when moving towards the North pole.
168 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ASCENDING.3 (Noah Webster)
Ascending node is that point of a planet’s orbit, wherein it passes the ecliptic to proceed northward. It is also called the northern node.
169 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ASPECT.6 (Noah Webster)
… one planet with respect to another. The aspects are five sextile, when the planets are 60 degrees distant; quartile or quadrate, when their distance is 90 degrees …
170 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ASTEROID.2 (Noah Webster)
A name given by Herschel to the newly discovered planets between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
171 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ASTROLOGER.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Formerly, one who understood the motions of the planets, without predicting.
172 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ATTRACT.3 (Noah Webster)
2. To draw to or incline to unite with though some cause may prevent the union; as, the sun is supposed to attract the planets.
173 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ATTRACTION.3 (Noah Webster)
… the planets to the sun, or of a stone, when raised in the air, to fall to the earth, and of which kind is the attraction of magnetism, and of electricity; and into attraction …
174 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ATTRACTION.4 (Noah Webster)
The attraction of gravity is supposed to be the great principle which confines the planets in their orbits. Its power or force is directly as the quantity of matter in a body, and inversely as the square of the distances of the attracting bodies.
175 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BELT.5 (Noah Webster)
4. In astronomy, certain girdles or rings, which surround the planet Jupiter, are called belts.
176 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BIQUINTILE.2 (Noah Webster)
An aspect of the planets, when they are distant from each other, by twice the fifth part of a great circle, that is 144 degrees or twice 72 degrees.
177 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CALCULATE.5 (Noah Webster)
4. To compute the situation of the planets at a certain time, for astrological purposes; as, to calculate the birth of a person.
178 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CARTESIAN.1 (Noah Webster)
CARTESIAN, a. Pertaining to the philosopher Des Cartes, or to his philosophy, which taught the doctrine of vortexes round the sun and planets.
179 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CELERITY.2 (Noah Webster)
… a planet in its orbit. This distinction however is not general, nor can the different uses of the two words be precisely defined. We apply celerity rather than …
180 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CENTRIPETAL.1 (Noah Webster)
… a planet revolving round the sun, the center of the system. [Note: The common accentuation of centrifugal and centripetal is artificial and harsh. The accent …