Usually means: Circle perpendicular to celestial equator.
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  1. prime vertical: Merriam-Webster
  2. prime vertical: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
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  6. Prime vertical: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. PRIME VERTICAL, Prime vertical: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

Definitions from Wikipedia (Prime vertical)

noun:  In astronomy, astrology, and geodesy, the prime vertical or first vertical is the vertical circle passing east and west through the zenith of a specific location, and intersecting the horizon in its east and west points.

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