celestial
25
6.9
- adjective
- /səˈlɛstʃəl/
- Specialized
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celeste
- And because of celestial mechanics, these rocks end up on the Earth.
- celestial equator
- celestial objects
- celestial mechanics
That is stuff you find on those celestial bodies.
- That is stuff you find on those celestial bodies.
- So he goes in with LIDAR and there's that bull, celestial bull with stars inside of it.
- So a really big Taurus that could encircle a planet or encircle another celestial body, maybe an asteroid or a small moon.
- That seems normal to many of us these days, but at the time it was thought that celestial objects are made of the same thing as the Earth.
- And really as you go forward in it, all of the cycles of all the celestial objects, they're looking at the five planets and the moon and the sun.
- We're taught time is reliable and relentless, a marker of celestial objects orbiting the sun at a consistent and movable pace.
- Astronomy has been all about finding patterns in the motions of celestial objects, and once you know the patterns, they will quite literally connect the dots.
- So as it stands right now, no country may lay ownership to a celestial body.
- Could The Big Bang just be a cosmic fart from a celestial giant?
- Allow celestial bodies to set our sleep wake pattern.
Examples
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And so by measuring the angle between the horizon and a specific celestial body, like the sun, a sextant can help determine one's latitude.
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A determination of one's course by reference to the stars and other celestial bodies.
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That is stuff you find on those celestial bodies.
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Allow celestial bodies to set our sleep wake pattern.
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So you can determine the north celestial pole, or you can look at where the sun is and what time of the year it is.
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It's one of those strange twilights when both celestial bodies hang in the sky together.
Fiction book (1996) -
Yes, well, we're setting up arrays to monitor celestial events.
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It's a celestial body with a gravitational force so strong... ...that nothing escapes it.
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The astronomers said they thought it was a celestial phenomenon that augured fame and fortune.
Fiction book (1995) -
Astronomers study the movement of stars and other celestial objects to understand the universe.
Synonyms
170
5.5
Relating to the universe or very large in size
24
6.1
Relating to space, stars, and planets
19
4.6
Relating to the sky and objects in outer space
1
6.7
Relating to the study of stars, planets, and other things in space
Compounds
- Specialized
5
4.4
A natural object in space like a star or planet that you can see in the sky
- Specialized
1
7.7
A way to find where you are at sea by using stars, the Sun, and the Moon
- Specialized
1
8.4
An imaginary ball around the Earth in the sky where stars and planets appear to be
- Specialized
1
7.9
The study of the movement of objects in space caused by gravity
- Specialized
1
8.8
One of the two points in the sky where the line Earth spins around seems to meet the stars
- Specialized
A way to guide a vehicle like a spaceship using stars and planets
- Specialized
An imaginary circle in the sky where the ground seems to meet the sky from where you are
- Specialized
The angle that shows how far north or south a star is from the sky's equator, measured in degrees
- Specialized
How far east a star or planet is along the sky's equator from the spring equinox
- Specialized
A path in space that a planet or moon follows around a bigger object such as a star
- Specialized
A point in the sky above Earth's North Pole that stars appear to turn around and is near Polaris
- Specialized
The point in the sky above Earth's South Pole that the stars appear to turn around
How Far
- Specialized
50
7.2
- Specialized
25
6.9
94
4.8
78
5.6
17
5.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
celestial = celest + ial
The word uses a non‑English combining form plus '-ial' and lacks a transparent modern English base, so learners cannot infer the 'sky/outer space' sense from English parts alone.
Etymology
Celestial comes from the Latin word caelum, which means 'sky' or 'heaven'. So when we call stars or planets celestial, we mean they are things 'of the sky' or in space.