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uranology

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The study of the heavens and heavenly bodies.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, uncountable, usually

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noun

Meaning 2

The scientific observation and study of the planet Uranus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: astronomy, geography, geology, natural-sciences

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noun

Meaning 3

the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: astronomy

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: physics, natural philosophy

Narrower terms: astrodynamics, astrometry, radio astronomy, celestial mechanics, astrophysics, selenology, solar physics

History

Etymology

From urano- + -ology.

Word forms

Inflections and variants

uranologies — plural

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Derived and related words

Derived: none provided

Related: uranological, planetary science, selenology, areology, geology, uranologist, active, quiet, direct, retrograde, superior, inferior, nebular, nebulous, phase, absolute magnitude, Hubble's law, Hubble law, Kepler's law, Kepler's law of planetary motion, Copernican system, Ptolemaic system, ascension, egress, emersion, ingress, immersion, conjunction, alignment, inferior conjunction, superior conjunction, Oort cloud, galaxy, extragalactic nebula, apoapsis, point of apoapsis, node, equinoctial point, equinox, vernal equinox, autumnal equinox, barycenter, culmination, limb, periapsis, point of periapsis, anomaly, declination, celestial latitude, dec, right ascension, RA, celestial longitude, asterism, canal, coma, comet, meteoroid, meteor, nucleus, outer planet, planet, major planet, primary, star, astronomer, stargazer, variation, red shift, redshift, accretion, libration, nucleosynthesis, orbital plane, hour angle, HA, inclination, inclination of an orbit, mean time, mean solar time, terrestrial time, TT, terrestrial dynamical time, TDT, ephemeris time, epoch, date of reference, rise, come up, uprise, ascend, set, go down, go under, stargaze

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Hypernyms: physics, natural philosophy

Hyponyms: astrodynamics, astrometry, radio astronomy, celestial mechanics, astrophysics, selenology, solar physics

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