, or Nonagesimal Degree, called also the Mid-heaven, is the highest point, or 90th degree of the ecliptic, reckoned from its intersection with the horizon at any time; and its altitude is equal to the angle that the ecliptic makes with the horizon at their intersection, or equal to the distance of the zenith from the pole of the ecliptic. It is much used in the calculation of solar eclipses.
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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.
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