| Astronomer | n. [ See Astronomy. ] 1. An astrologer. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. One who is versed in astronomy; one who has a knowledge of the laws of the heavenly orbs, or the principles by which their motions are regulated, with their various phenomena. [ 1913 Webster ] An undevout astronomer is mad. Young. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Astronomical | a. [ L. astronomicus, Gr. 'astronomiko`s: cf. F. astronomique. ] Of or pertaining to astronomy; in accordance with the methods or principles of astronomy. -- As`tro*nom"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]
Astronomical clock. See under Clock. --
Astronomical day. See under Day. --
Astronomical fractions,
Astronomical numbers. See under Sexagesimal. [1913 Webster]
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| Astronomy | n. [ OE. astronomie, F. astronomie, L. astronomia, fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; astronomer; 'asth`r star + &unr_; to distribute, regulate. See Star, and Nomad. ] 1. Astrology. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck;
And yet methinks I have astronomy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The science which treats of the celestial bodies, of their magnitudes, motions, distances, periods of revolution, eclipses, constitution, physical condition, and of the causes of their various phenomena. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. A treatise on, or text-book of, the science. [ 1913 Webster ]
Physical astronomy. See under Physical. [ 1913 Webster ]
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