hour angle

noun

: the angle between the celestial meridian of an observer and the hour circle of a celestial object measured westward from the meridian

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1837, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hour angle

• bangle
• dangle
• jangle
• mangle
• strangle
• tangle
• wrangle
• disentangle
• entangle
• quadrangle
• triangle
• untangle