- Astrognosy
- Astrognosy As*trog"no*sy, n. [Astro- + Gr. ? knowledge.] The science or knowledge of the stars, esp. the fixed stars. --Bouvier. [1913 Webster]
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Astrognosy
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astrognosy — as·trog·no·sy … English syllables
astrognosy — n. knowledge of fixed stars … Dictionary of difficult words
astrognosy — aˈsträgnəsē noun ( es) Etymology: astr + gnosy : a branch of astronomy having to do with the fixed stars … Useful english dictionary
astronomy — Synonyms and related words: astrogeology, astrognosy, astrography, astrolithology, astrophotography, astrophysics, celestial mechanics, gravitational astronomy, meteoritics, radar astronomy, radio astronomy, solar physics, spectrography,… … Moby Thesaurus
astrophysics — Synonyms and related words: Newtonian physics, acoustics, aerophysics, applied physics, astrogeology, astrognosy, astrography, astrolithology, astronomy, astrophotography, basic conductor physics, biophysics, celestial mechanics, chemical physics … Moby Thesaurus
spectroscopy — Synonyms and related words: astrogeology, astrognosy, astrography, astrolithology, astronomy, astrophotography, astrophysics, celestial mechanics, chromatics, chromatography, chromatology, chromatoscopy, colorimetry, electron optics,… … Moby Thesaurus
stargazing — Synonyms and related words: Walter Mitty, absence of mind, absent, absentminded, absentmindedness, absorbed, absorption, abstracted, abstractedness, abstraction, aspect, astrodiagnosis, astrogeology, astrognosy, astrography, astrolithology,… … Moby Thesaurus
uranology — Synonyms and related words: astrogeology, astrognosy, astrography, astrolithology, astronomy, astrophotography, astrophysics, celestial mechanics, gravitational astronomy, meteoritics, radar astronomy, radio astronomy, solar physics,… … Moby Thesaurus
-gnosy — gnəsē, si noun combining form ( es) Etymology: New Latin gnosia, from Greek gnōsia, from gnōsis knowledge : gnosis astrognosy … Useful english dictionary
