APPARITION
, in Astronomy, denotes a star's or other luminary's becoming visible, which before was hid. So, the heliacal rising, is rather an apparition than a proper rising.
Circle of perpetual Apparition. See Circle of perpetual apparition.
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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.
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