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English noun: Dec

1. Dec (time) the last (12th) month of the year


SynonymsDecember


Broader (hypernym)Gregorian calendar month


Part holonymChristmas, Christmas, Christmas Day, Christmastide, Christmastime, Dec 25, December 31, mid-December, New Year's Eve, Noel, Xmas, Yule, Yuletide


Part meronymGregorian calendar, New Style calendar

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


Synonymscelestial latitude, declination


Broader (hypernym)angular distance


Domain categoryastronomy, uranology









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