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See also:CULMINATION (from See also:Lat. culmen, See also:summit) , the attainment of the highest point . In See also:astronomy the See also:term is given to the passage of a heavenly See also:body over the See also:meridian of a See also:place . Two culminations take place in the course of the See also:day, one above and the other below the See also:pole . The. first is called the upper, the second the See also:lower . Either or both may occur below the See also:horizon and therefore be invisible . |
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