Word Frequency
astronomy (əˈstrɒnəmɪ
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Definitions
noun
- the scientific study of the individual celestial bodies (excluding the earth) and of the universe as a whole. Its various branches include astrometry, astrodynamics, cosmology, and astrophysics
Word Origin
C13: from Old French astronomie, from Latin astronomia, from Greek; see astro-, -nomyQuotations including 'astronomy'
"observatory: a place where astronomers conjecture away the guesses of their predecessors"
Translations for 'astronomy'
- British English: astronomy Astronomy is the scientific study of the stars, planets, and other natural objects in space.əˈstrɒnəmɪ NOUN
- Arabic: عِلْمُ الفَلَك
- Brazilian Portuguese: astronomia
- Chinese: 天文学
- Croatian: astronomija
- Czech: astronomie
- Danish: astronomi
- Dutch: astronomie
- European Spanish: astronomía
- Finnish: tähtitiede
- French: astronomie
- German: Astronomie
- Greek: αστρονομία
- Italian: astronomia
- Japanese: 天文学
- Korean: 천문학
- Norwegian: astronomi
- Polish: astronomia
- Portuguese: astronomia
- Romanian: astronomie
- Russian: астрономия
- Spanish: astronomía
- Swedish: astronomi
- Thai: ดาราศาสตร์
- Turkish: astronomi
- Ukrainian: астрономія
- Vietnamese: thiên văn học
Example Sentences Including 'astronomy'
"'The silicony learned about space out of an astronomy text that was read to it.The Complete Stories Volume 2
A stranger gave me a lift in his car to within a mile of Archie's place, and told me all about astronomy.The Tartan Ringers
As his friend Jim Irving believed in astronomy , so he believed in gastronomy.Somewhere East of Life
Hazel Mur, astronomy correspondent for New Scientist: Of course there are astronomical influences on our behaviour.Belfast Telegraph (2003)
Part of the excitement of astronomy is finding things; this book is invaluable.Times, Sunday Times (2002)
Stromlo accounts for a third of Australia's astronomy research.New Scientist (2003)
Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy ; the mad daughter of a wise mother - VoltaireThe Advertiser, Sunday Mail (2005)
The Mayans, we learned, were experts in mathematics and astronomy.Courier, Sunday Mail (2004)
The consequences of Newton's laws of motion were fundamental to the development of physics and astronomy in general.MEASURING AMERICA (2002)
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