almucantar

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a small circle on the celestial sphere, parallel to the horizon, that is used in astronomy and navigation to show altitude of a star or any other heavenly body
Two stars which have the same almucantar have the same altitude
A small circle of the sphere parallel to the horizon; a circle or parallel of altitude
almucantar

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    al·mu·can·tar

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    () From mediaeval Latin almucantarath or French almicantarat, from Arabic المقنطرات (al-muqanŧarāt) ‘circles of celestial latitude’, formed from the plural of قنطرة (qanŧara) ‘arch’.