Meaning of RA
Pronunciation: | | râ
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- [n] ancient hawk-headed Egyptian sun god; a universal creator
- [n] (astronomy) the angular distance eastward along the celestial equator from the vernal equinox to the intersection of the hour circle that passes through the body; expressed in hours and minutes and second; used with declination to specify positions on the celestial sphere; "one hour of right ascension equals fifteen degrees"
- [n] an intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores
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| Synonyms: | | atomic number 88, celestial longitude, radium, Re, right ascension |
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| See Also: | | angular distance, Egyptian deity, metal, metallic element, uranium ore | |
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\Ra\, n.
A roe; a deer. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
\Ra-\
A prefix, from the Latin re and ad combined, coming to us
through the French and Italian. See {Re-} and {Ad-}.
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