What is the elongation, or angular distance from the sun; -- said chiefly of the inferior planets. [R.] called?
digression — (Anat.) The elongation, or angular distance from the sun; -- said chiefly of the inferior planets. [R.]. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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