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CULMINATION (from Lat. culmen, summit)

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 618 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CULMINATION (from
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Lat. culmen,
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summit)  , the attainment of the highest point . In
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astronomy the
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term is given to the passage of a heavenly
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body over the
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meridian of a
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place . Two culminations take place in the course of the
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day, one above and the other below the
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pole . The. first is called the upper, the second the
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lower . Either or both may occur below the
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horizon and therefore be invisible .

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