Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Same as uranographic. Also ouranographical.
Examples
“A more detailed and accurate acquaintance with the stellar multitude, regarded from a purely uranographical point of view, has accordingly formed at all times a primary object of celestial science, and was, during the last century, cultivated with a zeal and success by which all previous efforts were dwarfed into insignificance.”
A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition
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bilby sic May 20, 2009
madmouth there's the exceptional high colonic
but we all know its history is adjectival. May 20, 2009
qroqqa Not a noun! Not a noun! If it ends in -ic it's likely to be an adjective (excc.: statistic, physic, medic etc.); if it ends in -ic-al it's almost certainly an adjective (excc.: physical, medical "medical examination").
The noun for this branch of astronomy is 'uranography'. May 20, 2009
cryptofascistbbq –noun
the branch of astronomy concerned with the description and mapping of the heavens, and esp. of the fixed stars. May 20, 2009