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Definition: Astronomer |
AstronomerNoun1. A physicist who studies astronomy. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "astronomer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Note: Astronomer \As*tron"o*mer\, noun. [See Astronomy.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: AstronomerSynonyms: stargazer (n), uranologist (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
An Astronomer or Astrophysicist is a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics. Historians often argue that ancient astronomers were priests and that this duality led to the rise of astrology.
See also: List of astronomers There is also a well-known painting by Johannes Vermeer titled The Astronomer, which is often linked to Vermeer's The Geographer. These paintings are both thought to represent the growing influence and rise in prominence of scientific enquiry in Europe at the time of their painting, 1668-69.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Astronomer."
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World | Astronomy; uranography, uranology; cosmology, cosmography, cosmogony; eidouranion, orrery; geodesy. (measurement); star gazing, star gazer; astronomer; observatory; planetarium. |
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Screenplays | The astronomer, or the paleontologist, gets to study these amazing things from a place of complete safety. (Jurassic Park III; writing credit: Peter Buchman) Dang it, Jim, I'm an astronomer, not a doctor! (Treasure Planet; writing credit: Robert Louis Stevenson; Ron Clements) | |
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 | A Space Telescope Science Institute astronomer has found the equivalent of the proverbial ... Credit: NASA. |  | Astronomer John S. Mulchaey, of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STSCI) and fellow ... Credit: NASA. |
 | When 19th century astronomer Sir John Herschel spied a swirling cloud of gas with a hole ... Credit: NASA. |  | Major General Ormsby M. Mitchel Famous astronomer - worked with Coast Survey on retainer Primarily involved with development of telegraphic determination of longitude. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Maria Mitchell Worked under contract to the Coast Survey in mid-1840's First woman professional to work for the Federal Government Famous astronomer, computer for the Nautical Almanac, professor at Vassar. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Benjamin Peirce 3rd Superintendent of the Coast Survey Harvard mathematician and astronomer. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Astronomer (to prospective customer): Laze an Gemlen, nows de time to see de planet o' Wenus luminated in all her glory ... Credit: Library of Congress. |  | A sub-marine astronomer. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | U.S. astronomer to check wandering moon during eclipse. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Crowned Greek astronomer Ptolemy and his Renaissance translator Regiomontanus, seated beneath an armillary sphere and surrounded by decorated border. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Young | An undevout astronomer is mad. |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | MAGNITUDE, n. Size. Magnitude being purely relative, nothing is large and nothing small. If everything in the universe were increased in bulk one thousand diameters nothing would be any larger than it was before, but if one thing remain unchanged all the others would be larger than they had been. To an understanding familiar with the relativity of magnitude and distance the spaces and masses of the astronomer would be no more impressive than those of the microscopist. For anything we know to the contrary, the visible universe may be a small part of an atom, with its component ions, floating in the life- fluid (luminiferous ether) of some animal. Possibly the wee creatures peopling the corpuscles of our own blood are overcome with the proper emotion when contemplating the unthinkable distance from one of these to another. |
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| "Astronomer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.83% of the time. "Astronomer" is used about 138 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 97.83% | 135 | 27,360 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.17% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 138 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "astronomer": astronomer royal. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "astronomer": astronomer-priest, astronomer-priests. | |
Ending with "astronomer": radio-astronomer. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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Afrikaans | astronoom. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | astronom. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | عالم الفلك, الفلكي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | астроном (star gazer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 天文學家 , 天文学家 (Astrologer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | astronom. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | astronom. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | astronoom, sterrenkundige. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | astronomo, astronomiisto. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | منجم (Astrologer), ستاره شناس (Astrologer), اخترشناس . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tähtitieteilijä. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | astronome. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | astronom. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αστρονόμος. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | אסטרו ום. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | csillagász (star gazer, star-gazer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | ahli ilmu falak. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | astronomo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 天文家 , 天文学者 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | て"も"がくしゃ, て"も"か. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 천문학자. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | rollageyder. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | astronómiko (astronomic, astronomical), astrónomo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | astronomeray astrónomo, astrônomo (star-gazer). (various references) astronom (star gazer). (various references) астроном. (various references) speuradair, reultair. (various references) monepadinaledi. (various references) astronom. (various references) astrónomo (stargazer). (various references) astronom. (various references) astronom. (various references) astronom (r). (various references) астроном. (various references) nh thiên văn học. (various references) seryddwr, serydd. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | astrologus. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "astronomer": astronomers. (additional references) | |
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"Astronomer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: astrnomer, astronamer, astronimer, astronmer, astronome, Astronomia, astronose, aztreonam. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "astronomer" (pronounced ustrÄ"numer) |
| 5 | -Ä" n u m er | monomer. |
| 3 | -u m er | customer, dulcimer, elastomer, gossamer, isomer, latecomer, Lorimer, polymer. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-m-n-o-o-r-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: anterooms, ratooners, resonator. | |
-2 letters: anteroom, antrorse, mesotron, monstera, monteros, onstream, ransomer, ratooner, rearmost, restroom, sororate, tearooms, tonearms. | |
-3 letters: armrest, atoners, enamors, enroots, errants, maestro, maroons, marrons, martens, matrons, mentors, moaners, monster, montero, moonset, mooters, mortars, oarsmen, orators, osteoma, ranters, ratoons, remoras, roamers, roaster, romanos, roomers, rooster, rooters, sarment, senator, serrano, smarten, smarter, snorter. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-m-n-o-o-r-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: astronomers. | |
+2 letters: demonstrator, impersonator, reformations, remonstrator. | |
+3 letters: demonstrators, impersonators, normothermias, overornaments, parathormones, preformations, remonstration, remonstrators. | |
+4 letters: conglomerators, contemporaries, miscorrelation, reformulations, reimportations, remonstrations, roentgenograms. | |
+5 letters: anthropometries, autotransformer, conglomerateurs, intercomparison, miscorrelations, preformationist, reconfirmations. | |
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