dec
English Thesaurus
1. (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere (noun.location)
| hypernym | : | angular distance, |
| definition | : | the angular separation between two objects as perceived by an observer (noun.shape) |
| domain category | : | astronomy, uranology, |
| definition | : | the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole (noun.cognition) |
2. the last (12th) month of the year (noun.time)
| part holonym | : | christmas, christmas day, dec 25, xmas, |
| definition | : | a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland (noun.time) |
| part holonym | : | mid-december, |
| definition | : | the middle part of December (noun.time) |
| part meronym | : | gregorian calendar, new style calendar, |
| definition | : | the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752 (noun.time) |
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