astronomy
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2.8
- noun
- /əˈstrɒnəmi/
- Specialized
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astronomía
- Many of the boys and girls who studied astronomy under her leadership have become scientists and educators:
- study of astronomy
- astronomy and physics
- amateur astronomy
And it's a little bit like astronomy in the time of Ptolemy.
- And it's a little bit like astronomy in the time of Ptolemy.
- You have the astronomy people versus the zoology people.
- Fred Hoyle was the Isaac Newton Professor of astronomy at Cambridge University.
- I'm also incredibly lucky to be in the field of astronomy at this present time.
- I studied astronomy and planetary science at school.
- The essential part is astronomy is a real attractor to science in general.
- And I'm going to explain why that is, and I'm going to revert now to modern astronomy to talk about the reason.
- All right, on to some more concerning use now for the future of astronomy and astrophysics research as a whole.
- Same thing for astronomy and the astrology of the fortune teller, right?
Examples
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I studied astronomy and planetary science at school.
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I teach astronomy.
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A lot has happened both in astronomy and in the world.
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And it's images like this that remind me why I love astronomy so much.
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But I have a soft spot for astronomy.
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How much do you know about astronomy?
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I'm also incredibly lucky to be in the field of astronomy at this present time.
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They have an excellent astronomy department.
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Moulton had offered him the chance to teach an elementary astronomy course, and he took it.
Academic text (1990) -
In university, she majored in astronomy and spent countless nights stargazing.
Synonyms
The study of stars, planets, and the whole universe
Compounds
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4.2
A way of studying space by finding radio waves from stars and galaxies
- Specialized
A man-made object with a telescope that observes stars, planets, and galaxies from space
How Specialized
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5.8
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2.8
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1.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
astronomy = astro + nom + y
This is a learned classical formation meaning roughly 'study of stars/space'; the components are recognizable, but the modern sense is broader than a simple literal combination.
Etymology
The word astronomy comes from Greek parts astro- meaning 'star' and -nomy meaning 'law' or 'rule', so it means 'laws of the stars'. Think of astronaut for the same astro- root; that's why astronomy is the study of stars, planets, and how they move in space.