Usually means: Circle oriented perpendicular to ground.
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  1. vertical circle: Merriam-Webster
  2. vertical circle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. vertical circle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. vertical circle: Collins English Dictionary
  5. vertical circle: Vocabulary.com
  6. vertical circle: Wordnik
  7. vertical circle: Wiktionary
  8. vertical circle: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. vertical circle: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. vertical circle: Dictionary.com
  11. Vertical circle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. vertical circle: Rhymezone
  13. vertical circle: FreeDictionary.org
  14. vertical circle: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. vertical circle: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. vertical circle: Encyclopedia

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  1. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (vertical circle)

▸ noun:  (astronomy) A great circle on the celestial sphere, perpendicular to the horizon, that passes through the zenith and nadir

Similar:
hour circle, equator, ecliptic, celestial equator, azimuth, circle, meridian, equinoctial circle, midcircle, equinoctial, more...

Opposite:
horizontal circle, parallel circle, equatorial circle

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Similar:
hour circle, equator, ecliptic, celestial equator, azimuth, circle, meridian, equinoctial circle, midcircle, equinoctial, more...

Opposite:
horizontal circle, parallel circle, equatorial circle



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