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Definition of Sidereal hour
1. Noun. 1/24 of a sidereal day.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sidereal Hour
Literary usage of Sidereal hour
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Field Astronomy by Andrew Hall Holt (1916)
"It will be convenient to remember that a mean solar hour is about ten seconds
longer than a sidereal hour, and that a mean solar day is about 3 min. ..."
2. Mathematical Dictionary and Cyclopedia of Mathematical Science: Comprising by Charles Davies, William Guy Peck (1855)
"The sidereal hour is the twenty-fourth part of the interval between two consecutive
... A sidereal hour is a little shorter than the mean solar hour, ..."
3. The Elements of Theoretical and Descriptive Astronomy: For the Use of by Charles Joyce White (1901)
"Since the side real day is shorter than the solar day (and, consequently, the
sidereal hour, minute, &c., than the solar hour, minute, &c. ..."
4. The Elements of Theoretical and Descriptive Astronomy, for the Use of by Charles Joyce White (1884)
"Since the sidereal day is shorter than the solar day (and, consequently, the
sidereal hour, minute, &c., than the solar hour, minute, &c. ..."
5. Friends' Review: A Religious, Literary and Miscellaneous Journal edited by Enoch Lewis, Samuel Rhoads (1848)
"Hence two meridians of the earth which intercept an arc of 15 degrees on the
equator, must pass the same fixed star at the interval of one sidereal hour; ..."
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