Synonym: uranology. Similar words: astronomer, agronomy, astronaut, economy, taxonomy, autonomy, dual economy, mixed economy. Meaning: [ə'strɒnəmɪ] n. the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole.
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31, One could accept the mathematical models of Copernican astronomy without even considering whether the earth really moves.
32, I read a lot of books about astronomy. It's a very interesting subject.
33, To do so would constitute a stumbling block to the reconversion of Protestants who favored the new astronomy.
34, In astronomy the transmitter is usually a radio telescope, and it usually acts also as the detector.
35, Porri, of the Windsor Astronomy Club, believes that the Internet also provides an excellent way to buy astronomy equipment.
36, In 1721 he was an unsuccessful candidate for the chair of astronomy at Oxford.
37, It is not only biology, but cosmology, physics and astronomy that presuppose a general evolutionary account of the cosmos.
38, High-tech digital cameras are used extensively in astronomy to capture dim light from distant galaxies.
39, After all, he hadn't taken degrees in astronomy expecting a hot job market after graduation.
40, The Puritans had no more interest in astronomy or physics than in the fine points of Catholic theology.
41, I don't know whether any of them were later interested in astronomy.
42, A beguiling little one-of-a-kind movie about a dwarf who gets hooked on astronomy and grows up to be a writer.
43, Astronomy and Astrophysics Modern astrophysics studies the formation,[sentencedict.com] structure and evolution of stars and galaxies and of the Universe itself.
44, Ross's complaint was that astronomy was more in need of confirmation from Scripture than vice-versa.
45, Certainly, as regards astronomy, no advances were made; in fact, just the opposite occurred.
46, However,[http://Sentencedict.com] there is a difficulty with this kind of justification of the use of the telescope in astronomy.
47, So Princeton University Press certainly knows what it is doing with its new astronomy handbook.
48, An imperfect start, but one that over time will reveal a great deal about mathematics, astronomy, and science.
49, But the dozens of optical and radio observatories on the ground are complemented by very few astronomy satellites.
50, Heat had intimate links with chemistry, and optics with astronomy.
51, The problems that beset Ptolemaic astronomy were pressing ones in the light of the need for calendar reform at the time of Copernicus.
52, The blossoming of mathematics and astronomy was a natural consequence of this awareness.
53, But he was also interested in the substantial factual detail of astronomy, anatomy, and the physics of motion.
54, Under the Assyrians, celestial observation reached the point where a true science of astronomy could arise for the first time.
55, There were already rumors that the new astronomy was incompatible with Scripture, and he had already been denounced from the pulpit.
56, This property of amplification makes it impossible to make long-term predictions about evolution, as one can in astronomy.
57, In this way, apparent contradictions between Copernican astronomy and biblical texts would be eliminated.
58, One of the great names in the new physical astronomy was Norman Lockyer, who rapidly mastered the techniques of spectrum analysis.
59, Instead, we will examine the basic features of this philosophy and its influence upon subsequent developments in mathematics and astronomy.
60, Astronomy is an abstract subject.
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