celestial pole

1. 1.

   one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere

   Synonymspole

   Broadercelestial point

   Narrowernorth celestial polesouth celestial pole

Questions about celestial pole

What does celestial pole mean?

celestial pole means "one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere".

What is another word for celestial pole?

Close synonyms include pole. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is celestial pole a common word?

celestial pole is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.