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astronomy

as·tron·o·my [ ə strónnəmee ]


noun 
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scientific study of universe: the scientific study of the universe, especially of the motions, positions, sizes, composition, and behavior of astronomical objects. These objects are studied and interpreted from the radiation they emit and from data gathered by interplanetary probes.

[13th century. Via Old French and Latin< Greek astronomia "star-arranging" < astron (see astro-) + -nomia (see -nomy)]

as·tron·o·mer noun
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