astronomy
UK/əˈstɹɒn.ə.mi//əˈstɹɑ.nə.mi/
astronomy noun: 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.
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;
astronomy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
astronomy in Hindi
- study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
- खगोल शास्त्र khagol śāstra
astronomy in Tamil
- study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
- வானியல் vāṉiyal, வானவியல் vāṉaviyal
astronomy in Marathi
- खगोलशास्त्र, खगोलशास्त्राचे
astronomy in Urdu
- study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
- فلکیات falkīyāt, نجمیات
More languagesFewer languages
- astronomy in Bengali
- জ্যোতির্বিজ্ঞান jōtirbiggên, জ্যোতির্বিদ্যা jōtirbidda
- astronomy in Telugu
- జోస్యం jōsyaṁ
- astronomy in Malayalam
- ജ്യോതിഃശാസ്ത്രം jyōtiḥśāstraṁ
- astronomy in Kannada
- ಖಗೋಳಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ khagōḷaśāstra
- astronomy in Punjabi
- ਖਗੋਲ ਵਿਗਿਆਨ, ਖਗੋਲ ਸ਼ਾਸਤਰ, ਖਗੋਲ-ਵਿਗਿਆਨ
- astronomy in Gujarati
- ખગોળ khagoḷ, ખગોળશાસ્ત્ર khagoḷśāstra
- astronomy in Odia
- ଜ୍ଯ଼ୋତିର୍ବିଜ୍ଞାନ
- astronomy in Sanskrit
- खगोलशास्त्रम् khagolaśāstram
- astronomy in Sinhala
- තාරකා විද්යාව tārakā widyāwa
- astronomy in Nepali
- खगोल विज्ञान, खगोलशास्त्र, खगोलविज्ञान
- astronomy in Pashto
- ستورپوهنه storpohǝna, نجوم nojum, ستاره شناسي setāra šenāsī
- astronomy in Tagalog
- astronomiya, dalubtalaan
- astronomy in Arabic
- فَلَك falak, عِلْم الْفَلَك ʕilm al-falak
- astronomy in Malay
- astronomi, ilmu falak, kaji bintang, perbintangan
- astronomy in Indonesian
- astronomi, ilmu falak, ilmu perbintangan
- astronomy in Persian
- نجوم nojum, ستارهشناسی setâre-šenâsi, اخترشناسی axtaršenâsi, اخترماری axtarmāri
- astronomy in Thai
- ดาราศาสตร์ daa-raa-sàat
- astronomy in Vietnamese
- thiên văn học
- astronomy in Myanmar
- နက္ခတ္တဗေဒ nakhkatta.beda.
- Sindhi
- نَجمِيات najmīāt
Examples of astronomy in a sentence
- Extragalactic astronomy is the study of things outside the Milky Way.
- Galactic astronomy is the study of the Milky Way.
- I think astronomy is really cool.
Forms of astronomy
| plural | astronomies |
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Origin of astronomy
From Middle English astronomie, astronemy, from Old French astronomie, equivalent to astro- + -nomy. Displaced native Old English tungolcræft.
Words formed from astronomy
Phrases with astronomy
Words that rhyme with astronomy
Questions about astronomy
- What does astronomy mean?
- Astronomy means 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.
- What is astronomy in Hindi?
- Astronomy in Hindi is खगोल शास्त्र (khagol śāstra). See Astronomy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is astronomy?
- Astronomy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce astronomy?
- Astronomy is pronounced /əˈstɹɒn.ə.mi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of astronomy?
- The plural of astronomy is astronomies.
Words near astronomy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: astronomy (page history and authors); astronomy (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); జోస్యం (Telugu) (page history and authors); astronomy (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); astronomy (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); astronomy (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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