单词 | positional astronomy |
释义 | > as lemmaspositional astronomy positional astronomy n. the branch of astronomy concerned with the determination of the positions of celestial objects. ΚΠ 1930 Times 23 Apr. 6/2 The realization..of the huge extent of the universe came from observations much more closely allied to positional astronomy than to astrophysics. 2000 Canad. Jrnl. Hist. (Nexis) Aug. 408 The decisions here are for the most part dependent on cultural criteria, in particular regard (on the part of Flamsteed) for a tradition of classification in positional astronomy extending back to Ptolemy and Hipparchus. < as lemmas |
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