astronomer
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3.4
- noun
- /əˈstrɒnəmər/
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astrónomo
- Many astronomers believe that the discovery of new exoplanets could change our understanding of the universe.
- an amateur astronomer
- astronomers study galaxies
- astronomers use telescopes
But construction can go ahead, which if you are an astronomer, is good news.
- But construction can go ahead, which if you are an astronomer, is good news.
- Levitt made important breakthroughs that modern astronomers still value.
- So protecting them is a win win for us astronomers and for nature.
- I believe Edwin Hubble, I think was the first astronomer to find evidence of that.
- All right, to Neil Tyson, future astronomer, I still have that book.
- Aristarchus was a Greek astronomer, physicist.
- And he begins it by talking to this German astronomer named Irvine Findliefundlich.
- Well, Fermi was an astrophysicist or astronomer, I think.
- And that is true, but astronomers have two different ways to try to look for this.
- And yet, after all this time, astronomers still don't know what the sun is made of.
- Now, astronomers do argue maybe there could be planets with microbes on them.
- And, and they had, you know, astronomers in their culture had the highest social status.
- Arriving first, Omur Mua gave astronomers and physicists quite something to think.
Examples
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From observations of such objects, astronomers have gleaned more information about the early cosmos.
Academic text (2011) -
Her work on the Convergence has made her the world's foremost astronomer.
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When did you know you wanted to be an astronomer?
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Among them was the Astronomer Royal Frank Tyson, based in London.
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Could our astronomers have been wrong?
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Yet just this past September, a team of astronomers may have found one.
Academic text (2011) -
According to astronomers, the Earth is actually spinning faster than ever before.
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"I wished when I was a boy that I could be an astronomer," he confessed.
Fiction book (1991) -
Nothing escapes such an object, not even light, and astronomers call it a black hole.
Academic text (1990) -
As an aspiring astronomer, she spends her nights observing stars through a powerful telescope.
Synonyms
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2.1
A person who studies science and does experiments to find new facts
19
7.2
A scientist who studies stars, planets and other space things and how they behave
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8.6
A scientist who studies how the universe began and how it changes
3
7.9
A scientist who studies life in space and on other planets
2
6.3
A person who studies stars and planets, often using a telescope
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8.6
A scientist who studies life beyond Earth, for example on other planets
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4.7
A person who looks at the sky to see stars and events like eclipses
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9.8
A scientist who studies planets, their surface, atmosphere, and inside
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8.3
A scientist who studies chemicals and molecules in space and on stars and planets
A scientist who studies the stars and space
A person who studies and makes maps of the earth and the stars
A person who studies and makes maps of the stars, planets, and the world
A scientist who studies the sun and how it works
A person who measures star positions, movement, and brightness
A person who studies or loves stars and space
How Experienced
800
2.9
171
3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
astronomer = astronomy (transparent) = astro + nom + er
The word is a standard agent noun built on 'astronomy' plus '-er', so its meaning is directly recoverable from the base.
Etymology
The word astronomer comes from old Greek parts astron 'star' and nomos 'law', and shares the same root as astronomy. So an astronomer is a person who looks for the 'rules' or patterns of the stars and other objects in space, which is why they study stars, planets, and the sky.