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Ra- Meaning & Definition
Ra- Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ra-?

[n] ancient hawk-headed Egyptian sun god; a universal creator
[n] (astronomy) the angular distance eastward along the celestial equator from the vernal equinox to the intersection of the hour circle that passes through the body; expressed in hours and minutes and second; used with declination to specify positions on the celestial sphere; "one hour of right ascension equals fifteen degrees"
[n] an intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ra-: atomic number 88 | celestial longitude | radium | Re | right ascension

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See Also | angular distance | Egyptian deity | metal | metallic element | uranium ore

Ra- In Webster's Dictionary

\Ra\, n. A roe; a deer. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
\Ra-\ A prefix, from the Latin re and ad combined, coming to us through the French and Italian. See {Re-} and {Ad-}.

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