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How to use astronomical in a sentence

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Astronomical means of or relating to astronomy. Example: “The adaptive optical systems in modern astronomical telescopes compensate for atmospheric distortion by using deformable mirrors.”

Examples of astronomical by meaning

adjectiveOf or relating to astronomy.

  • Astronomers announced Wednesday they had discovered a new type of astronomical object called a "black hole star," potentially solving a mystery involving strange red dots spotted in the early universe.2026 August 12, “Newly discovered "black hole star" could solve mystery of strange red dots spotted in the early universe”, in CBS News...

adjectiveVery large; of vast measure.

  • At the moment he wondered why anyone would want to visit Khatka, let alone pay some astronomical sum for the privilege.1959, Andre Norton, Voodoo Planet - Chapter IV
  • The cost of such a work now, of course, would be astronomical.1962 June, “Letters to the Editor: Diesel suburban services in Bristol”, in Modern Railways, page 430
  • So in February, it was decided to lay up a good portion of the fleet, whose operational costs were astronomical, whilst they attempted to conduct peace negotiations, whilst simultaneously secretly trying to swing France over to the British side.2019 April 24, Drachinifel, 7:23 from the start, in The Raid on the Medway - Grand Theft Warship, archived from the original on 26 Dec 2020

More sentences with astronomical

  • The adaptive optical systems in modern astronomical telescopes compensate for atmospheric distortion by using deformable mirrors.From the entry deformable
  • Parapegms were used for the publication of laws, proclamations, and the recording of astronomical phenomena or calendar events.From the entry parapegm
  • In our Solar System the frost line lies between Mars and Jupiter at about five astronomical units from the Sun.From the entry frost line
  • Finding it now means it was produced in more recent times, in astronomical terms.2020 October 4, Evan Gough, “We Now Have Proof a Supernova Exploded Perilously Close to Earth 2.5 Million Years Ago”, in Science Alert. From the entry recent
  • By organizing traveling astronomical exhibitions and numerous international astrofests, he expanded Laupheim's reputation far beyond Germany.2012, Lutz D. Schmadel, “(7167) Laupheim”, in Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, 6th edition, volume 1, Springer, →ISBN, page 561. From the entry astrofest
  • Evolution started with an astronomical population explosion in the bacterial phase of five-nonillion†.2009, Henry Gobus, Human Ascent, →ISBN. From the entry nonillion
  • Only my involvement with skydiving and overseas motorcycle touring prevented an astronomical case of nerdship.2009, Bob Berman, Cosmic Adventure: Other Secrets Beyond the Night Sky. From the entry nerdship
  • I still follow astronomical research with interest and participate in discussions on sci.astro.1997 January 12, John Ladasky, “Re: Space junk??? Not here. Time for a new newsgroup?”, in alt.politics.greens (Usenet). From the entry astrophilia
  • A time switch with astronomical adjustment switches the warning signs on at sunset.1939 November, “Pertinent Paragraphs: Traffic Lights at Crossings on Manx Electric Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 361. From the entry time switch
  • The Orion nebula has been replaced with some other astronomical scape, far bleaker in its appearance but more realistic.2016, Austin Duffy, This Living and Immortal Thing, Granta Books, →ISBN. From the entry screensaver
  • It’s an astrophilic breaking of bread, an astronomical movable feast!2012 October, Frank Baratta, “An Astronomical Movable Feast”, in Roanoke Valley Astronomical Society, volume 29, number 10, page 2. From the entry astrophilic
  • Several astrologers counselled the šāhs about auspicious days, cast horoscopes and dedicated astrological as well as astronomical writings to them.2010, Fabrizio Speziale, Denis Hermann, Muslim Cultures in the Indo-Iranian World during the Early-Modern and Modern Periods, Germany…. From the entry šāh
  • The principle still sounds good, but our astronomical knowledge is limited, and we haven't yet discovered any such brethren solar systems.2009, Seth Shostak, Confessions of an Alien Hunter. From the entry brethren
  • Fourth, there exists a strong competition on the side of purely astronomical means for indirect detection of gravitational waves.2003, John W. Mason, editor, Astrophysics Update, Berlin: Springer-Verlag; Chichester, West Sussex: Praxis Publishing, →ISBN, page 282. From the entry gravitational wave
  • Copernicus himself made few observations but was steeped both in the technicalia of astronomical geometry and in the humanistic tradition.1995, Philip Kitcher, The Advancement of Science: Science without Legend, Objectivity without Illusions, Oxford: Oxford University Press…. From the entry technicalia
  • No top or gyroscope has actually been balanced perfectly enough to guide an astronomical telescope, but they show willing.1935 W.H. White, A complete physics written for London medical students and general use, (Clay & Sons, London) §91 p.61. From the entry show willing
  • And many people think that this astronomical fact is the explanation of the very widespread legend of the Virgin-birth.1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 31. From the entry virgin birth
  • As the government spokesperson Elma Saiz Delgado pointed out on Tuesday, the events will put Spain “at the centre of global astronomical observation and astrotourism”.2026 August 8, Sam Jones, “Spanish mountain village braces for astrotourists lured by total solar eclipse”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry astrotourism
  • An impenetrable ten-sided monolith, the never-realized structure was to be made of alabaster, with an astronomical tower and a spiraling internal staircase.2023 July 27, Emily LaBarge, “A Strange, but Elegant, Artistic Match”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company…. From the entry sided
  • Attracting a flood of investment from the world’s super-wealthy, will these brave “astropreneurs” be riding the astronomical equivalent of the dotcom boom?2015 March 9, Oliver Wainwright, “Let's all move to Mars! The space architects shaping our future”, in The Guardian. From the entry astropreneur
  • It is unthinkable for a straight play to enjoy a life span like those of the blockbuster musicals or to earn such astronomical grosses.2004, Steven Adler, On Broadway: Art and Commerce on the Great White Way, SIU Press, →ISBN, page 221. From the entry musical
  • Before us, remarkable buildings, astronomical observatoria and an unusual knowledge of the calendar, as well as the original writings of the Mayans, rise up from these ruins.1992, N[ikolai] I[vanovich] Vavilov, translated by Doris Löve, Origin and Geography of Cultivated Plants [Origin and Geography of…. From the entry observatorium
  • The storm surge is defined as the difference between the observed tide and the predicted astronomical tide and is considered to be the meteorological effect on sea level.1965, N. Arthur Pore, “Chesapeake Bay Extratropical Storm Surges”, in Chesapeake Science, volume 6, number 3, page 172. From the entry storm surge
  • “Oh, let us not mention such astronomical figures,” said Bolotov, approaching and replacing with a grass blade the thumb he had been using as a bookmarker.1957 March 7, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 5.3, in Pnin, Heinemann, page 122. From the entry bookmarker
  • It was thus when the discovery of the different expansibilities of metals by heat, gave us the means of correcting our chronometrical measurements of astronomical periods.1903, Herbert Spencer, Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects. From the entry chronometrical
  • The summit of Mauna Kea is considered the ideal place to mount an astronomical observatory, for above the clouds there is only the stars and the skies are ideally transparent.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 46. From the entry ideally

Meaning of astronomical

  1. adjective Of or relating to astronomy.
  2. adjective Very large; of vast measure.

Full definition of astronomical

Questions about astronomical in a sentence

How do you use astronomical in a sentence?
Astronomical is used as an adjective. For example: “The adaptive optical systems in modern astronomical telescopes compensate for atmospheric distortion by using deformable mirrors.”
What is a short sentence with astronomical?
“It’s an astrophilic breaking of bread, an astronomical movable feast!”
What does astronomical mean?
Astronomical means of or relating to astronomy.

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