sphaera recta

Meaning

Noun

An idealize conception of the celestial sphere in which the celestial equator is perpendicular to the local horizon and the Sun reaches the zenith at its highest point.

Related

Opposite words

sphaera obliqua

Origin

First attested in 1932; Latin: sphaera + rēcta (feminine nominative singular of rēctus, “right”, “upright”) = “upright sphere”.

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