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paran Meaning & Definition

What Does Paran Mean?

Paran is used as a noun meaning 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.

Paran Definition (Noun)

  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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Word Forms & Grammar

paran (plural parans)

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Origin of Paran

Short for paranatellonta, from Greek παρανατέλλοντα

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