DESCENDING NODE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The point at which an orbit crosses the ecliptic plane going south

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("descending node" is a kind of...):

node ((astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane)

Antonym:

ascending node (the point at which an orbit crosses the ecliptic plane going north)

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