Noun hour angle has 2 senses
  1. hour angle - the angular distance along the celestial equator from the observer's meridian to the hour circle of a given celestial body
    --1 is a kind of
    distance
  2. hour angle, HA - (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
    --2 is a kind of angular distance
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