Enter a word or phrase in any language 👆
Language:
Translation and analysis of words by ChatGPT artificial intelligence
On this page you can get a detailed analysis of a word or phrase, produced by the best artificial intelligence technology to date:
- how the word is used
- frequency of use
- it is used more often in oral or written speech
- word translation options
- usage examples (several phrases with translation)
- etymology
What (who) is lunar distance - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Lunar distances; Lunar Distances; Lunar distance (disambiguation)
lunar distance
¦ noun the angular distance of the moon from the sun, a planet, or a star, used in finding longitude at sea.
Lunar distance (navigation)
ANGULAR DISTANCE BETWEEN THE MOON AND ANOTHER CELESTIAL BODY
Method of Lunar Distances; Method of lunar distances; Lunar distance method; Lunar method of navigation
In celestial navigation, lunar distance is the angular distance between the Moon and another celestial body. The lunar distances method uses this angle, also called a lunar, and a nautical almanac to calculate Greenwich time if so desired, or by extension any other time.
Distance
![Airline routes between [[Los Angeles]] and [[Tokyo]] approximately follow a direct [[great circle]] route (top), but use the [[jet stream]] (bottom) when heading eastwards. The shortest route appears as a curve rather than a straight line because the [[map projection]] does not scale all distances equally compared to the real spherical surface of the Earth.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Greatcircle Jetstream routes.svg?width=200 "Airline routes between [[Los Angeles]] and [[Tokyo]] approximately follow a direct [[great circle]] route (top), but use the [[jet stream]] (bottom) when heading eastwards. The shortest route appears as a curve rather than a straight line because the [[map projection]] does not scale all distances equally compared to the real spherical surface of the Earth.")
![[[Manhattan distance]] on a grid](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Manhattan distance.svg?width=200 "[[Manhattan distance]] on a grid")
LENGTH OF STRAIGHT LINE THAT CONNECTS TWO POINTS IN A MEASURABLE SPACE OR IN AN OBSERVABLE PHYSICAL SPACE
Distances; Distance Formula; Distance in time; Time distance; Directed distance; Distance traveled; Oriented distance; Distance (mathematics); Distance between sets
·noun Remoteness of place; a remote place.
II. Distance ·vt To place at a distance or remotely.
III. Distance ·noun Space between two antagonists in fencing.
IV. Distance ·noun Ideal disjunction; discrepancy; contrariety.
V. Distance ·noun A space marked out in the last part of a race course.
VI. Distance ·vt To cause to appear as if at a distance; to make seem remote.
VII. Distance ·noun The interval between two notes; as, the distance of a fourth or seventh.
VIII. Distance ·noun Length or interval of time; period, past or future, between two eras or events.
IX. Distance ·noun The remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence, respect; ceremoniousness.
X. Distance ·noun A withholding of intimacy; alienation; coldness; disagreement; variance; restraint; reserve.
XI. Distance ·noun Remoteness in succession or relation; as, the distance between a descendant and his ancestor.
XII. Distance ·vt To outstrip by as much as a distance (see Distance, ·noun, 3); to leave far behind; to surpass greatly.
XIII. Distance ·noun The part of a picture which contains the representation of those objects which are the farthest away, ·esp. in a landscape.
XIV. Distance ·noun Relative space, between troops in ranks, measured from front to rear;
- contrasted with interval, which is measured from right to left.
XV. Distance ·noun The space between two objects; the length of a line, especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are separate; measure of separation in place.
Wikipedia
Lunar distance
Lunar distance may refer to:
- Lunar distance (astronomy), the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
- Lunar distance (navigation), a measurement used in the calculation of longitude.
