astr
astr is the abbreviation of astrology.
astr is the abbreviation of astronomy.
Meaning of astrology
Noun
astrology (usually uncountable, plural astrologies)
- Divination about human affairs or natural phenomena from the relative positions of celestial bodies.
- For if astronomy is the study of the movements of the heavens, then astrology is the study of the effects of those movements.1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 274
- Synonyms:
- starcraft, astromancy
Meaning of astronomy
Noun
astronomy (usually uncountable, plural astronomies)
- The study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere, including the process of mapping locations and properties of the matter and radiation in the universe.
- The fact is, dark energy is the biggest mystery in science. It has driven a huge amount of research in the past decade, and was a key driver in last year’s “New Worlds, New Horizons” report from the National Academies of Science, which prioritized future astronomy and astrophysics projects.2011 October 9, Meg Urry, “Dark energy, science’s biggest mystery”, in CNN
- Astrology.
- Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck;
And yet methinks I have astronomy […]1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 14”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC
- Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck;
Questions about astr
- What is astr the abbreviation of?
- Astr is the abbreviation of astrology.
Words near astr in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: astr (page history and authors); astrology (page history and authors); astronomy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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