Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The measurement of stellar distances.
- noun A description of the principal fixed stars arranged in constellations, with their designations, positions, and magnitudes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Astron.) A chart or catalogue of fixed stars, especially of stars visible to the naked eye.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun astronomy a chart or
catalogue of fixedstars , especially of stars visible to the naked eye
Etymologies
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urano- + -metry
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Sah was also drawn on the uranometry in the Dendera temple constructed at the end of the Ptolemaic Dynasty (around first century B.C.).
innovations-report 2008
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