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  1. n. astronomy, astrology A natural object which is located outside of Earth's atmosphere, such as the Moon, the Sun, an asteroid, planet, or star.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. natural objects visible in the sky

Examples

  • “Apogee: The point in the orbit of a celestial body when it is furthest from the earth.”

    Kepler

  • “Perigee: The point in the orbit of a celestial body when it is nearest to the earth.”

    Kepler

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synonyms (2)

Words with the same meaning

  1. heavenly body
  1. celestial object

hypernyms (1)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. natural object

hyponyms (10)

Words that are more specific

  1. satellite
  2. minor planet
  1. major planet
  2. star
  1. planetesimal
  2. quasi-stellar radio source
  1. quasar
  2. planet
  1. primary
  2. planetoid

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. planet
  2. primary
  3. star
  4. satellite
  5. right ascension
  6. hour angle
  7. Dec.
  8. celestial latitude
  9. declination
  10. escape velocity
  11. quadrature
  12. transit
  13. atmosphere
  14. retrograde
  15. occultation
  16. gravitational collapse
  17. Roche limit
  18. imaging
  19. day
  20. neutron star
  21. weight
  22. orbit
  23. body
  1. gravity
  2. Trojan
  3. syzygy
  4. coelostat
  5. semiarc
  6. geology
  7. delinquent-taxpayer
  8. Cowetta
  9. lander
  10. arc
  11. artificial horizon
  12. ephemeris
  13. red shift
  14. libration
  15. sphery
  16. astro-
  17. immersion
  18. semidiurnal
  19. luminary
  20. soft landing
  21. lamp
  22. semidiameter
  23. scintillation
  1. gravisphere
  2. dwarf planet
  3. brown dwarf
  4. blue shift
  5. direct
  6. disk
  7. diurnal circle
  8. equation
  9. transit instrument
  10. transmission time
  11. trm
  12. geochemistry
  13. albedo
  14. aphelion
  15. outer space
  16. apsis
  17. celestial longitude
  18. superior conjunction
  19. total eclipse
  20. absolute magnitude
  21. perihelion
  22. meridian
  23. magnitude
  1. world
  2. aberration
  3. octant
  4. amplitude
  5. azimuth
  6. comet
  7. corona
  8. cycle
  9. depression
  10. egress
  11. eclipse
  12. equator
  13. rise
  14. secondary
  15. orb
  16. sphere
  17. vertex
  18. limb
  19. zenith
  20. latitude
  21. inequality
  22. regression
  23. astronomical distance
  1. date of reference
  2. diurnal parallax
  3. emersion
  4. geocentric parallax
  5. heliocentric parallax
  6. horizontal parallax
  7. mean distance
  8. occult
  9. orbit period
  10. perturb
  11. annual parallax
  12. AZ
  13. capture
  14. celestial orbit
  15. circumpolar
  16. culminate
  17. culmination
  18. epoch
  19. ingress
  20. hadley's quadrant
  21. docetæ
  22. goal
  23. quit
  1. transit-instrument

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