astronomical
of, relating to, or connected with astronomy.
extremely large; exceedingly great; enormous: It takes an astronomical amount of money to build a car factory.
Origin of astronomical
1- Also as·tro·nom·ic [as-truh-nom-ik] /ˌæs trəˈnɒm ɪk/ .
Other words from astronomical
- as·tro·nom·i·cal·ly, adverb
- non·as·tro·nom·ic, adjective
- non·as·tro·nom·i·cal, adjective
- non·as·tro·nom·i·cal·ly, adverb
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How to use astronomical in a sentence
While the observatory’s collapse shocked and horrified the astronomical community, it did not come as a surprise.
The Arecibo Observatory collapsed this week. What now? | Charlie Wood | December 4, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThe temporary drawings are mathematical and astronomical, but also personal.
In the galleries: Where artists engage with the earth | Mark Jenkins | December 4, 2020 | Washington PostI thought it was a mad stretch from my astronomical background, but I also knew I couldn’t resist, and it led to an unexpected and fresh insight—a proposal for quantifying the relationship between planets and their potential for initiating life.
Five Scientists on the Heroes Who Changed Their Lives - Issue 93: Forerunners | Alan Lightman, Hope Jahren, Robert Sapolsky, | December 2, 2020 | NautilusA few months along and the Soviets proudly announced their improved Venus-based measure of the astronomical unit.
We Never Know Exactly Where We’re Going in Outer Space - Issue 92: Frontiers | Caleb Scharf | November 4, 2020 | NautilusThe growth wasn’t astronomical — an addition of 53,000 residential subscribers — but growth is growth.
The astronomically high ratio is sort of the point of being CEO.
The SEC Can’t Make CEOs Care About Their Employees | Daniel Gross | September 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTYour chances of dying in this way are not astronomically high.
The effect, quite the contrary, was astronomically expensive.
Martha Stewart in the Dock Over Macy’s Lawsuit: ‘I Did My Time!’ | Lloyd Grove | March 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Instagram deal coincided with astronomically high hopes for the Facebook IPO.
If you had such an astronomically disastrous evening, the restaurant may want to make good, so give them the chance.
For myself, the narrative appears to me astronomically too incomplete for any astronomical conclusions to be drawn from it.
The Astronomy of the Bible | E. Walter MaunderNo map deserves the name, on which the position of important points has not been astronomically determined.
The Uses of Astronomy | Edward EverettEaster is, in fact, decided astronomically, by a process in which sun-worship and moon-worship are both conciliated.
Flowers of Freethought | George W. FooteBut even now comets were being observed astronomically, and began to lose their sepulchral aspect.
Astronomical Myths | John F. BlakeRuss remained at the controls on duty, checking astronomically the new speed and deceleration.
The Secret of the Ninth Planet | Donald Allen Wollheim
British Dictionary definitions for astronomical
astronomic
/ (ˌæstrəˈnɒmɪkəl) /
enormously large; immense
of or relating to astronomy
Derived forms of astronomical
- astronomically, adverb
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