Occasive

Oc`ca´sive


a.1.Of or pertaining to the setting sun; falling; descending; western.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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It is an ortive azimuth when the celestial body is rising (in the east), and an occiduous (or occasive) azimuth when the celestial body is setting (in the west).
The neglect of Baudin's manuscript charts of the Victorian coastline
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