Found 4 hits - Term: astronomical, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
geography \geog"raphy\, n.; pl. geographies. f.
g'eographie, l. geographia, fr. gr. ?; ge`a, gh^, the earth
+ ? description, fr. ? to write, describe. see graphic.
1. the science which treats of the world and its inhabitants;
a description of the earth, or a portion of the earth,
including its structure, features, products, political
divisions, and the people by whom it is inhabited. it also
includes the responses and adaptations of people to
topography, climate, soil and vegetation
1913 webster + wordnet 1.5
2. a treatise on this science.
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astronomical, or mathematical, geography treats of the
earth as a planet, of its shape, its size, its lines of
latitude and longitude, its zones, and the phenomena due
to to the earth's diurnal and annual motions.
physical geography treats of the conformation of the
earth's surface, of the distribution of land and water, of
minerals, plants, animals, etc., and applies the
principles of physics to the explanation of the
diversities of climate, productions, etc.
political geography treats of the different countries into
which earth is divided with regard to political and social
and institutions and conditions.
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see also:
geographies graphic astronomical or mathematical physical geography political geography
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
astronomical \as`tronom"ical\ -i^kal, a. l.
astronomicus, gr. 'astronomiko`s: cf. f. astronomique.
of or pertaining to astronomy; in accordance with the methods
or principles of astronomy. -- as`tronom"ically, adv.
1913 webster
astronomical clock. see under clock.
astronomical day. see under day.
astronomical fractions, astronomical numbers. see under
sexagesimal.
1913 webster
see also:
as`tronom"ically astronomical clock clock astronomical day day astronomical fractions
astronomical numbers sexagesimal
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
astronomical
adj 1: relating or belonging to the science of astronomy;
"astronomic telescope" syn: astronomic
2: inconceivably large syn: astronomic, galactic
see also:
astronomic galactic
- [4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
98 moby thesaurus words for "astronomical":
atlantean, brobdingnagian, cyclopean, cynthian, gargantuan,
herculean, homeric, abysmal, amplitudinous, anagalactic,
asteroidal, astral, astrologic, astrologistic, astrologous,
astronomic, astrophysical, awesome, boundless, bulky, celestial,
circumplanetary, cislunar, colossal, cosmic, elephantine, empyreal,
empyrean, enormous, epic, equinoctial, extensive, extragalactic,
galactic, giant, giantlike, gigantic, heavenly, heliacal, heroic,
huge, immeasurable, immense, infinite, intercosmic, interplanetary,
intersidereal, interstellar, jumbo, king-size, large, lunar,
lunary, lunate, lunular, lunulate, mammoth, massive, massy,
meteoric, meteoritic, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental,
mountainous, nebular, nebulose, nebulous, outsize, overgrown,
planetal, planetarian, planetary, planetesimal, prodigious,
profound, semilunar, sidereal, sizable, solar, spacious, sphery,
star-spangled, star-studded, starry, stellar, stellary, stupendous,
terrestrial, titanic, towering, tremendous, uranic, vast,
voluminous, weighty, zodiacal
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