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149,597,870,700 metres, the approximate mean distance from the Earth to the Sun (the semi-major axis of Earth's orbit), (symbol AU), used to measure distances in the solar system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a unit of length used for distances within the solar system; equal to the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun (approximately 93 million miles or 150 million kilometers)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: AU
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: astronomy unit
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
55 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
وَحْدَة فَلَكِيَّة
(waḥda falakiyya)
— measure of distance
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Asturian:
unidá astronómica
— measure of distance
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Basque:
unitate astronomiko
— measure of distance
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Belarusian:
астранамічная адзінка
(astranamičnaja adzinka)
— measure of distance
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Bulgarian:
астрономи́ческа едини́ца
(astronomíčeska ediníca)
— measure of distance
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Catalan:
unitat astronòmica
— measure of distance
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Chinese Cantonese:
天文單位 /天文单位
(tin1 man4 daan1 wai2)
— measure of distance
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Chinese:
天文單位 /天文单位
(thian-bûn tan-ūi)
— measure of distance
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Chinese Mandarin:
天文單位 /天文单位
(tiānwén dānwèi)
— measure of distance
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Czech:
astronomická jednotka
— measure of distance
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Danish:
astronomisk enhed
— measure of distance
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Esperanto:
astronomia unuo
— measure of distance
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Estonian:
astronoomiline ühik
— measure of distance
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Finnish:
astronominen yksikkö
— measure of distance
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Finnish:
tähtitieteellinen yksikkö
— measure of distance
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French:
unité astronomique
— measure of distance
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Galician:
unidade astronómica
— measure of distance
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German:
Astronomische Einheit
— measure of distance
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Greek:
αστρονομική μονάδα
(astronomikí monáda)
— measure of distance
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Hebrew:
יחידה אסטרונומית
(yekhida astronomit)
— measure of distance
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Hindi:
खगोलीय इकाई
(khagolīya ikāī)
— measure of distance
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Hungarian:
csillagászati egység
— measure of distance
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Icelandic:
stjarnfræðieining
— measure of distance
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Irish:
aonad réalteolaíoch
— measure of distance
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Italian:
unità astronomica
— measure of distance
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Japanese:
天文単位
(tenmon tan'i)
— measure of distance
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Kazakh:
астрономиялық бірлік
(astronomiälyq bırlık)
— measure of distance
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Korean:
천문단위
(cheonmun danwi)
— measure of distance
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Latin:
ūnitās astronomica
— measure of distance
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Latvian:
astronomiskā vienība
— measure of distance
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Lithuanian:
astronominis vienetas
— measure of distance
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Malay:
unit astronomi
— measure of distance
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Malay:
satuan astronomi
— measure of distance
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Maltese:
unità astronomika
— measure of distance
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Norwegian Bokmål:
astronomisk enhet
— measure of distance
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
astronomisk eining
— measure of distance
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Occitan:
unitat astronomica
— measure of distance
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Persian:
واحد نجومی
(vâhed nojumi)
— measure of distance
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Polish:
jednostka astronomiczna
— measure of distance
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Portuguese:
unidade astronômica
— measure of distance
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Portuguese:
unidade astronómica
— measure of distance
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Punjabi:
ਖਗੋਲੀ ਇਕਾਈ
(khagolī ikāī)
— measure of distance
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Romanian:
unitate astronomică
— measure of distance
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Russian:
астрономи́ческая едини́ца
(astronomíčeskaja jediníca)
— measure of distance
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Sicilian:
unità astrunòmica
— measure of distance
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Slovak:
astronomická jednotka
— measure of distance
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Slovene:
astronómska enòta
— measure of distance
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Spanish:
unidad astronómica
— measure of distance
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Swedish:
astronomisk enhet
— measure of distance
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Tamil:
வானியல் அலகு
(vāṉiyal alaku)
— measure of distance
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Thai:
หน่วยดาราศาสตร์
(nùai-daa-raa-sàat)
— measure of distance
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Turkish:
astronomik birim
— measure of distance
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Urdu:
فلکیاتی اکائی
— measure of distance
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Uzbek:
astronomik birlik
— measure of distance
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Yakut:
астроном кээмэйэ
(astronom keemeye)
— measure of distance