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al⋅mu⋅can⋅tar

  [al-myoo-kan-ter]
–noun Astronomy.
a circle on the celestial sphere parallel to the horizon; the locus of all points of a given altitude.
Also called parallel of altitude.

Origin:
1350–1400; prob. < ML almucantarath < Ar al-muqanṭarāt the almucantars, equiv. to al the + muquanṭarāt sundial, deriv. of qanṭarah arch; r. almicanter, ME almicanteras (pl.) < MF almicantarath < ML
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