Sci-Tech Dictionary:
(sə′les·chəl mə′rid·ē·ən)
celestial meridian
(astronomy) A great circle on the celestial sphere, passing through the two celestial poles and the observer's zenith.
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celestial meridian,
vertical circle passing through the north celestial pole and an observer's zenith. It is an axis in the altazimuth coordinate system.
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