What is the angular distance of a planet from the sun; as, the elongation of Venus or Mercury called?
elongation — (Astron.) The angular distance of a planet from the sun; as, the elongation of Venus or Mercury. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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