sidereal

Adjective

Meaning

Relating to the stars; starry; astral; as, sidereal astronomy.

Measuring by the apparent motion of the stars; designated, marked out, or accompanied, by a return to the same position in respect to the stars; as, the sidereal revolution of a planet; a sidereal day.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

astrophysical lunar zodiacal star remote bright astronomical cosmic celestial stellar luminous heavenly visionary sparkling astral
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Antonyms

civil public diplomatic cultivated delicate cultured
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Related terms

consider desire

Phrases with the word

sidereal hour angle sidereal meridian sidereal days commencement of the sidereal year sidereal longitude of aries lunar sidereal period

Anagrams

realised

Examples

sidereal time Source: Internet

sidereal bodies Source: Internet

the sidereal system Source: Internet

An anomalistic month is longer than a sidereal month because the perigee moves in the same direction as the Moon is orbiting the Earth, one revolution in nine years. Source: Internet

Astronomy and Astrophysics 105(2), 361, 1982, see equation 19. defined UT1 such that the observed sidereal day at the beginning of 2000 would be times a UT1 day of main s, which gives main s of UT1. Source: Internet

Both solar time and sidereal time make use of the regularity of Earth's rotation about its polar axis, solar time following the sun while sidereal time roughly follows the stars. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

sideration siderazot siderazote sidereal astrology sidereal clock sidereal day