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add axis_slope definition, as per figure in cross_axis_slope
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docs/sphinx/source/user_guide/extras/nomenclature.rst

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Refraction-corrected solar elevation angle. This is the complement of
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:term:`apparent_zenith` (90 - apparent_zenith). [°]
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axis_slope
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Angle of a tracker axis with respect to horizontal.
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This is, left-hand rotation angle of :math:`t_y` around :math:`t_x` in Fig. [4] of [Anderson2020]_.
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See figure in :term:`cross_axis_slope`.
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Beam/direct horizontal irradiance
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Use :py::func:`pvlib.tracking.calc_cross_axis_slope` to calculate
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``cross_axis_slope``.
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See also :term:`axis_slope`.
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Diffuse horizontal irradiance
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