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单词 uranometry
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Definition of uranometry in English:

uranometry

(also ouranometry)
noun ˌjɔːrəˈnɒmɪtriˌjʊərəˈnɒmɪtri
  • 1A work describing the heavens and especially the stars, giving their positions, magnitudes, etc. Compare uranoscopy. Now chiefly historical.

  • 2The measurement and recording of the distances and positions of celestial objects, especially the stars; the branch of astronomy concerned with this (now more often called astrometry).

Origin

Mid 17th century; earliest use found in John Sadler (1615–1674), political theorist and reformer. From urano- + -metry, after post-classical Latin uranometria uranometria. Compare French uranométrie, German Uranometrie.

Definition of uranometry in US English:

uranometry

(also ouranometry)
noun
  • 1A work describing the heavens and especially the stars, giving their positions, magnitudes, etc. Compare uranoscopy. Now chiefly historical.

  • 2The measurement and recording of the distances and positions of celestial objects, especially the stars; the branch of astronomy concerned with this (now more often called astrometry).

Origin

Mid 17th century; earliest use found in John Sadler (1615–1674), political theorist and reformer. From urano- + -metry, after post-classical Latin uranometria uranometria. Compare French uranométrie, German Uranometrie.

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