angular distance

noun

: angular displacement

December's the darkest month with the darkest day, Dec. 21, the winter solstice when our star is at its greatest angular distance south of the equator.

—Ray Murphy, Boston Globe, 1 Dec. 1988

Word History

First Known Use

1740, in the meaning defined above

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