astronomical
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6.1
- adjective
- /ˌæstrəˈnɑːmɪkəl/
- Specialized
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astronómico
- The astronomical observatory allows visitors to see distant galaxies and planets through powerful telescopes.
- astronomical observations
- astronomical parameters
- astronomical observatory
If you look at the cosmic or astronomical level, you'll see geometry at work.
- If you look at the cosmic or astronomical level, you'll see geometry at work.
- They're overlooking the huge investment that the ancient Egyptians put into astronomical research.
- I'm here tonight to try to convince you that the International Astronomical Union does not own the word planet.
- And, you know, just studying the way that that ancient cultures really studied their astronomical world.
- Certainly the idea that that astronomical bodies had to go in circles because the idea of...
- However, we wanted to test this by looking at the anisotropy in similarly distant astronomical sources.
- Had clearly determined that the device was astronomical in nature.
- It doesn't seem like it seems like they'd be smart enough to avoid some sort of Astro astronomical cataclysm from an asteroid or a comet.
Examples
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The world, Mr. Lawrence, is now experiencing strange astronomical phenomena.
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I'm here tonight to try to convince you that the International Astronomical Union does not own the word planet.
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Many of them gave papers at the Royal Astronomical Society meeting.
Academic text (1990) -
These are astronomical objects, then?
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It's a medieval astronomical sign... ...for the sun.
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- Gentlemen, the moon is the closest of all astronomical bodies.
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After all, that's how the astronomical bodies moved around the sun.
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Guidelines for easily identifying those parameters in astronomical resources are also given.
Academic text (2015) -
Nevertheless, the same theory applied to other stars fits many detailed astronomical observations.
Academic text (1991) -
A total solar eclipse is the one astronomical phenomenon that is almost impossible to miss.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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6.9
Relating to the sky or outer space, like stars and planets
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7.5
About what stars, planets, and other space objects are like and how they behave
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6.7
Relating to the study of stars, planets, and other things in space
Compounds
- Specialized
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6.5
The average distance between the Earth and the Sun, about 150 million kilometers
- Specialized
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5.7
An instrument for looking at distant stars, planets, and galaxies
- Specialized
The time the Earth takes to go once around the Sun from one spring equinox to the next
Surface Forms
Morphology
astronomical = astronomy (transparent) = astronom + ical
Direct adjectival formation from the noun 'astronomy' with the productive suffix '-ical', giving a meaning related to astronomy.
Etymology
Astronomical comes from the Greek root astron meaning 'star', the same root in astronomy and astronaut, so it describes things that relate to 'space' or the study of stars.