observatory
noun, plural ob·serv·a·to·ries.
Origin of observatory
Examples from the Web for observatory
Contemporary Examples of observatory
Lenormand managed to jump publicly from an observatory and survive.
The instrument is attached to the Anglo-Australian Telescope at the Siding Spring Observatory, northwest of Sydney, Australia.
According to the Syrian Observatory the suicide bombing of the rebel checkpoint in Idlib province caused a massive explosion.
In all, the Observatory says it has documented 125,835 casualties since the start of the rebellion on March 18, 2011.
The Observatory believes a further 19,256 pro-regime militiamen have been killed.
Historical Examples of observatory
No doubt a wicked attempt to blow up the Observatory, they say.
The Secret AgentJoseph Conrad
You see, I have a few of those eggs myself, up at the observatory.
Spawn of the CometHarold Thompson Rich
She straightened, and grasping Sarka by the hand, hurried with him into the observatory.
As to the outer wall of the Observatory it did not show as much as the faintest crack.
Notes on My BooksJoseph Conrad
The year 1678 found him in the full tide of work in his observatory.
Great AstronomersR. S. Ball