English-Thai Dictionary

astronomy

N ดาราศาสตร์  da-ra-sad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ASTRONOMY

n.[Gr. a star, and a law or rule. ] The science which teaches the knowledge of the celestial bodies, their magnitudes, motions, distances, periods of revolution, aspects, eclipses, order, etc. This science depends on observations, made chiefly with instruments, and upon mathematical calculations.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ASTRONOMY

As *tron "o *my, n. Etym: [OE. astronomie, F. astronomie, L. astronomia,fr. Gr. Star, and Nomad. ]

 

1. Astrology. [Obs. ] Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck; And yet methinks I have astronomy. Shak.

 

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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

astronomy

as tron o my |əˈstränəmē əˈstrɑnəmi | ▶noun the branch of science that deals with celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole. In ancient times, observation of the sun, moon, stars, and planets formed the basis of timekeeping and navigation. Astronomy was greatly furthered by the invention of the optical telescope, but modern observations are made in all parts of the spectrum, including X-ray and radio frequencies, using terrestrial and orbiting instruments and space probes. ORIGIN Middle English (also denoting astrology ): from Old French astronomie, from Latin astronomia, from Greek, from astronomos (adjective ) ‘star-arranging. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

astronomy

as ¦tron |omy |əˈstrɒnəmi | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the branch of science which deals with celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole. In ancient times, observation of the sun, moon, stars, and planets formed the basis of timekeeping and navigation. Astronomy was greatly furthered by the invention of the telescope, but modern observations are made in all parts of the spectrum, including X-ray and radio frequencies, using terrestrial and orbiting instruments and space probes. ORIGIN Middle English (also denoting astrology ): from Old French astronomie, from Latin astronomia, from Greek, from astronomos (adjective ) ‘star-arranging ’.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

astronomy

astronomy noun WORD LINKS astronomy Urania the Muse of astronomy Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

astronomy

as tron o my /əstrɑ́nəmi |-trɔ́n -/ (! 強勢は第2音節 ) 〖astro (星 )nomy (学 )〗名詞 U 天文学 .