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astronomy (iou)



astronomy noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French astronomie from Latin astronomia (Seneca) from Greek: see ASTRO-, -NOMY.]
The science of celestial objects (including the earth in relation to them), of space, and of the universe as a whole. With specifying word, any of the branches of this subject, as radio astronomy. ME.
= ASTROLOGY 2. ME-E18.
astronomize verb intrans. pursue astronomy; act or speak astronomically: L17.