uranography

  • 1Uranography — U ra*nog ra*phy, n. [Gr. ?; ? heaven + ? to write.] A description or plan of the heavens and the heavenly bodies; the construction of celestial maps, globes, etc.; uranology. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2uranography — [yoor΄ə näg′rə fē] n. [Gr ouranographia < ouranos, heaven, URANUS + graphein, to write: see GRAPHIC] the branch of astronomy dealing with the description of the heavens and the mapping of the stars uranographer n. uranographic [yoor΄ə nə… …

    English World dictionary

  • 3Uranography (disambiguation) — Uranography can refer to:*Uranography, the branch of astronomy concerned with mapping the stars, galaxies, or other celestial bodies. * Uranography (album), which contains the live recording of one of the two concerts presented during the 15th… …

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  • 4uranography — noun Etymology: Greek ouranographia description of the heavens, from ouranos sky + graphia graphy Date: 1675 the construction of celestial representations (as maps) …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 5uranography — uranographer, uranographist, n. uranographic /yoor euh neuh graf ik/, uranographical, adj. /yoor euh nog reuh fee/, n. the branch of astronomy concerned with the description and mapping of the heavens, and esp. of the fixed stars. Also called… …

    Universalium

  • 6uranography — noun Celestial cartography; the mapping of celestial bodies …

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  • 7uranography — descriptive astronomy and mapping Sciences and Studies …

    Phrontistery dictionary

  • 8uranography — n. mapping of celestial bodiesu·ra·nog·ra·phy || ‚jÊŠrÉ™ nÉ‘grÉ™fɪ /‚jÊŠÉ™rÉ™ nÉ’g …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 9uranography — [ˌjʊərə nɒgrəfi] noun archaic the branch of astronomy concerned with describing and mapping the stars. Derivatives uranographer noun uranographic adjective …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 10uranography — ura·nog·ra·phy …

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