Astronomy

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 See also 1.5 Related Terms

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈstɹɑnəˌmi/ (GA)

Etymology

From Latin astronomia, from Greek ἄστρον, star, + νόμος, law, + suffix -ία (literally law of the stars).

Noun

astronomy

1. The study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere, and in particular the process of mapping location and properties of the matter and radiation in the universe. The study of the physical processes which control physical bodies in the universe is commonly called astrophysics. The physical description of the properties of the universe itself is called cosmology.

Translations

Breton: steredoniezh f Bulgarian: астрономия f Chinese: Simplified: 天文学 (tiān wén xué) Traditional: 天文學 Dutch: astronomie f, sterrenkunde f Finnish: tähtitiede, astronomia French: astronomie f German: Astronomie f Greek (ancient): ἀστρονομία f (modern): αστρονομία f Hungarian: csillagászat

Interlingua: astronomia Italian: astronomia f Japanese: 天文学 (てんもんがく) Korean: 천문학 (天文學) Latvian: astronomija Polish: astronomia f Portuguese: astronomia f Romanian: astronomie f Russian: астрономия Swedish: astronomi c

See also

• cosmology
• astrometry
• astrophysics
• uranology

Related Terms

• astronomer
• astronomical
• astronomicallyfr:astronomy

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