Usually means: Celestial coordinate system longitude equivalent.
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  1. right ascension: Merriam-Webster
  2. right ascension: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. right ascension: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. right ascension: Collins English Dictionary
  5. right ascension: Vocabulary.com
  6. right ascension: Wordnik
  7. right ascension: Wiktionary
  8. right ascension: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. right ascension: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. right ascension: Dictionary.com
  11. Right ascension: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. right ascension: Rhymezone
  13. right ascension: FreeDictionary.org
  14. right ascension: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. right ascension: Encyclopedia

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  1. right ascension: Medical dictionary

Science (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. From Stargazers to Starships Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Right Ascension: Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy
  3. Imagine the Universe! Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Mars Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Right Ascension: Extragalactic Astronomy
  6. RIGHT ASCENSION: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

Tech (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. High-Energy Astrophysics (No longer online)
  2. Basics of Space Flight Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  4. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
  5. SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL TERMS (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (right ascension)

noun:  (astronomy) The angular distance east of the vernal point (“the solar zenith at the March equinox”); the celestial equivalent of longitude.

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