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DESCENSION
Etymology
Noun
descension (countable and uncountable, plural descensions)
(now rare) Descent; the act of descending. [from 15th c.]
(astronomy, obsolete) The descent below the horizon of a celestial body. [16th-19th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
De*scen"sion, n. Etym: [OF. descension, L. descensio. See Descent.]
Definition: The act of going downward; descent; falling or sinking; declension; degradation. Oblique descension (Astron.), the degree or arc of the equator which descends, with a celestial object, below the horizon of an oblique sphere.
– Right descension, the degree or arc of the equator which descends below the horizon of a right sphere at the same time with the object. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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