Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to astrometry or designed to furnish, in astronomical work, quantitative measures of magnitude, position, distance, and motion.

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  • adjective astrometric

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  • Before they could piece together their own impressions, the astrometrical programs aboard the probe scanned the nearby volume, listened for infrared mutter of similar dabs of gray, and found four: an Oort cloud of protocomets, making their slow swoops in shrouds of dust.

    Across The Sea Of Suns Benford, Gregory, 1941- 1984

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