English noun: Dec |
1. | Dec (time) the last (12th) month of the year |
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| Synonyms | December |
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| Broader (hypernym) | Gregorian calendar month |
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| Part holonym | Christmas, Christmas, Christmas Day, Christmastide, Christmastime, Dec 25, December 31, mid-December, New Year's Eve, Noel, Xmas, Yule, Yuletide |
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| Part meronym | Gregorian calendar, New Style calendar |
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2. | dec (location) (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere |
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| Synonyms | celestial latitude, declination |
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| Broader (hypernym) | angular distance |
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| Domain category | astronomy, uranology |
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