astronomy
nounUS /əˈstɹɑn.ə.mi/ · South-Asia /asʈro.nɔmi/
Etymology From Middle English astronomie, astronemy, from Old French astronomie, equivalent to astro- + -nomy. Displaced native Old English tungolcræft.
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Usually The study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere, including the process of mapping locations and properties of the matter and radiation in the universe.
- The fact is, dark energy is the biggest mystery in science. It has driven a huge amount of research in the past decade, and was a key driver in last year’s “New Worlds, New Horizons” report from the National Academies of Science, which prioritized future astronomy and astrophysics projects.2011 October 9, Meg Urry, “Dark energy, science’s biggest mystery”, in CNN:
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Obsolete, Usually Astrology.
- Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck; And yet methinks I have astronomy […]1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 14”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
- Synonyms
- astronomy
- Derived terms
- archaeastronomy, archaeoastronomy, archeoastronomy, astronomer, astronomess, astronomick, astronomist, bioastronomy, ethnoastronomy, paleoastronomy
- Related terms
39 terms
astral, astrologist, astrology, astrometry, astronomer, astronomical, astronomically, astrophysics, cosmology, uranology, starlore, celestial body, star, planet, moon, asteroid, comet, black hole, constellation, galaxy, aberration, astronomical unit, eclipse, meridian, occultation, orbit, parallax, perihelion, spectrum, right ascension, zenith, coronagraph, spectrograph, spectroheliograph, telescope, interferometer, observatory, :Category:Astronomy, Appendix:List of astronomical terms- Hypernyms
- science
- Hyponyms
- archaeoastronomy, archeoastronomy, astronomer, bioastronomy, Cherenkov astronomy, ethnoastronomy, gamma-ray astronomy, gravitational-wave astronomy, infrared astronomy, multi-messenger astronomy, neutrino astronomy, optical astronomy, paleoastronomy, radar astronomy, radio astronomy, ultraviolet astronomy, X-ray astronomy
- Holonyms
- physics
- Meronyms
- archaeoastronomy, archeoastronomy, astrometry, infrared astronomy, neutrino astronomy, optical astronomy, paleoastronomy, radar astronomy, radio astronomy, X-ray astronomy