Dictionary term
Altitude Correction
Direct answer
Altitude Correction is the adjustments applied to an instrument altitude so it represents the required celestial-center geometry.
Altitude Correction is a celestial-angle correction set used in historical astronomy, timekeeping, or navigation.
- Source
- The Great Almanac Dictionary
- Category
- Historical Almanacs & Instruments
- Also appears in
- Historical Almanacs & Instruments
- Aliases
- None listed
- Last updated
- 2026-07-16
Quick reference
- Use when
- Use Altitude Correction by applying only the corrections appropriate to the instrument, horizon, body, limb, altitude, and current almanac.
- Do not use it for
- Combining tabular corrections with separate duplicate corrections can count the same effect twice.
- Reference category
- Historical Almanacs & Instruments
- Related terms
- Observed Altitude, Computed Altitude, Dip Correction, Refraction Correction
The story behind Altitude Correction
Published correction tables standardized reductions that had once required lengthy separate calculations.
Altitude Correction in spiritual tradition
Altitude Correction rewards careful observation, explicit assumptions, and humility about the limits of every model or measurement.
The Great Almanac frames Altitude Correction with educational restraint. Mystical or symbolic language may be meaningful, but it should not be exaggerated into certainty, panic, or permission to ignore ordinary responsibility.
Altitude Correction in the Bible
This is a factual history-of-science, instrument, timekeeping, or navigation reference. It may support wonder and disciplined attention without becoming a claim of fate, worship, or private revelation.
Altitude Correction in numerology
Altitude Correction is not a numerology claim. Any numbers attached to it should retain their ordinary scientific, calendrical, navigational, or historical meaning unless a separate symbolic interpretation is clearly labeled.
Why Altitude Correction matters
Altitude Correction matters because instrument height, atmosphere, body size, parallax, and instrument error separate a raw angle from a reducible one.
Example in a reading: A lower-limb Sun sight may receive index, dip, refraction, parallax, and semidiameter treatment.
Interpretive caution: Combining tabular corrections with separate duplicate corrections can count the same effect twice.
How Altitude Correction is used in a reading
Use Altitude Correction by applying only the corrections appropriate to the instrument, horizon, body, limb, altitude, and current almanac.
Where interpretation stops
Altitude Correction is presented as sourced astronomy, calendrical, Earth-science, cultural, or instrument-history reference. Definitions should distinguish measured phenomena from civil convention and historical interpretation, preserve location and time dependencies, and avoid turning factual sky data into a deterministic personal claim.
Sources and editorial method
Research references used for this entry include:
- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency: The American Practical Navigator - Official modern reference for navigation principles, celestial observations, sight reduction, and navigational tables.
- U.S. Naval Observatory: Astronomical and Navigational Almanacs - Official descriptions of the Astronomical Almanac, Nautical Almanac, and their tabular data.
The page starts with a direct definition, then separates use, example, caution, spiritual meaning, and historical context. For astrology, occult, demonology, curse, and spiritual warfare terms, the editorial rule is to explain the term without making fear-based, fatalistic, medical, legal, financial, or ritual-instruction claims.
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