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Appulse
noun · 78% connection
The near approach of one heavenly body to another, or to the meridian; a coming into conjunction; as, the appulse of the moon to a sta…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: culminating, coming, meredian, time, moon.
Aspect
noun · 78% connection
The situation of planets or stars with respect to one another, or the angle formed by the rays of light proceeding from them and meeti…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: culminating, coming, meredian, time, moon.
Astrognosy
noun · 78% connection
The science or knowledge of the stars, esp. the fixed stars.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: culminating, coming, meredian, time, moon.
Astrology
noun · 78% connection
In its etymological signification, the science of the stars; among the ancients, synonymous with astronomy; subsequently, the art of j…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: culminating, coming, meredian, time, moon.
Astrometeorology
noun · 78% connection
The investigation of the relation between the sun, moon, and stars, and the weather.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: culminating, coming, meredian, time, moon.
Astrophotography
noun · 78% connection
The application of photography to the delineation of the sun, moon, and stars.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: culminating, coming, meredian, time, moon.
Bestar
verb · 78% connection
To sprinkle with, or as with, stars; to decorate with, or as with, stars; to bestud.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: culminating, coming, meredian, time, moon.
Bond
noun · 78% connection
A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: culminating, coming, meredian, time, moon.
Catasterism
noun · 78% connection
A placing among the stars; a catalogue of stars.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: culminating, coming, meredian, time, moon.
Circumpolar
adjective · 78% connection
About the pole; -- applied to stars that revolve around the pole without setting; as, circumpolar stars.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: culminating, coming, meredian, time, moon.
Conjunction
noun · 78% connection
The meeting of two or more stars or planets in the same degree of the zodiac; as, the conjunction of the moon with the sun, or of Jupi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: culminating, coming, meredian, time, moon.
Cosmosphere
noun · 78% connection
An apparatus for showing the position of the earth, at any given time, with respect to the fixed stars. It consist of a hollow glass g…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: culminating, coming, meredian, time, moon.
Crescent
noun · 78% connection
The increasing moon; the moon in her first quarter, or when defined by a concave and a convex edge; also, applied improperly to the ol…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: culminating, coming, meredian, time, moon.
Earth
noun · 78% connection
The globe or planet which we inhabit; the world, in distinction from the sun, moon, or stars. Also, this world as the dwelling place o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: culminating, coming, meredian, time, moon.
Eclipse
noun · 78% connection
An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: culminating, coming, meredian, time, moon.
Emersion
noun · 78% connection
The reappearance of a heavenly body after an eclipse or occultation; as, the emersion of the moon from the shadow of the earth; the em…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: culminating, coming, meredian, time, moon.
Following
adjective · 78% connection
(In the field of a telescope) In the direction from which stars are apparently moving (in consequence of the earth's rotation); as, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: culminating, coming, meredian, time, moon.
Formed
adjective · 78% connection
Arranged, as stars in a constellation; as, formed stars.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: culminating, coming, meredian, time, moon.