astronomy

[As*tronĀ·o*my]

Astronomy is the science that looks up: at stars, at other planets, at solar systems, at galaxies, and at everything else in the universe.

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Astrology.

Noun
the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole


n.
Astrology.

n.
The science which treats of the celestial bodies, of their magnitudes, motions, distances, periods of revolution, eclipses, constitution, physical condition, and of the causes of their various phenomena.

n.
A treatise on, or text-book of, the science.


Astronomy

As*tron"o*my , n. [OE. astronomie, F. astronomie, L. astronomia, fr. Gr. , fr. astronomer; star + to distribute, regulate. See Star, and Nomad.] 1. Astrology. [Obs.]
Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck; And yet methinks I have astronomy.
2. The science which treats of the celestial bodies, of their magnitudes, motions, distances, periods of revolution, eclipses, constitution, physical condition, and of the causes of their various phenomena. 3. A treatise on, or text-book of, the science. Physical astronomy. See under Physical.

Astrology.

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Usage Examples

Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.

The history of astronomy is a history of receding horizons.

You will certainly not doubt the necessity of studying astronomy and physics, if you are desirous of comprehending the relation between the world and Providence as it is in reality, and not according to imagination.

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth.

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Other Usage Examples

I liked math - that was my favorite subject - and I was very interested in astronomy and in physical science.

Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy but after a war it seems more like astrology.

So fantasy was fine early on, and when I discovered science fiction, I was very happy with it, because my first interest in science fiction came with an interest in astronomy.

Science Fiction is not just about the future of space ships travelling to other planets, it is fiction based on science and I am using science as my basis for my fiction, but it's the science of prehistory - palaeontology and archaeology - rather than astronomy or physics.

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