English
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Pronunciation
IPA|/��stɹ�n��mi/ (w:General American|GA)
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Etymology
:from L. astronomia, from AGr. α���ονομία astronomia, from ����ον astron "star" (from Proto-Indo-European|PIE base *ster- "star") + ν�μο� nomos "arranging, regulating", related to νέμειν nemein "to deal out".

Noun
en-noun|astronomies

1. The study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere, including the process of mapping locations and properties of the matter and radiation in the universe. The study of the physical processes which control matter and energy in the universe is commonly called astrophysics. The investigation of the origin, evolution, and fate of the universe itself is called cosmology.

Translations
trans-top|study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
Albanian: astronomi
Bosnian: astronomija#Bosnian|astronomija f
Breton: steredoniezh f
Bulgarian: а���ономи� f
Chinese:
:Simplified: 天�学 (ti�n wén xué)
:Traditional: 天�學
Croatian: astronomija#Croatian|astronomija f
Czech: astronomie f
Dutch: astronomie f, sterrenkunde f
Finnish: tähtitiede, astronomia
French: astronomie f
German: Astronomie f
Greek,
:Ancient: ����ονομία f
:Modern: α���ονομία f
Hebrew: �ס�ר�נ���� f
Hungarian: csillagászat
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Interlingua: astronomia
Italian: astronomia f
Japanese: 天�学 (������, tenmongaku)
Korean: �문� (天�學)
Latvian: astronomija
Polish: astronomia f
Portuguese: astronomia f
Romanian: astronomie f
Russian: а���ономи� f
Scottish Gaelic: speuradaireachd f, reul-eòlas m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: а���ономи�а#Serbian|а���ономи�а f
:Roman: astronomija#Serbian|astronomija f
Slovene: astronomija f
Spanish: astronomía#Spanish|astronomía f
Swedish: astronomi c
Slovak: astronómia
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See also
cosmology
astrometry
astrophysics
uranology

Related terms
astronomer
astronomical
astronomically

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