"Apastron" is a word in ENGLISH
That point in the orbit of a double star where the
smaller star is farthest from its primary.
The older I got the more I appreciated the role of travel as a stimulus to memories, and the way in which journeys even to new places were somehow always awakening memories of places seen in an ever-receding past.
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A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the …
Read the complete definitionRising at sunset and setting at sunrise, as a star; -- opposed to cosmical.
Read the complete definitionA red star of the first magnitude, situated in the eye of Taurus; the Bull's Eye. It is the bright …
Read the complete definitionA fixed star, in Medusa's head, in the constellation Perseus, remarkable for its periodic variation in brightness.
Read the complete definitionA star in the tail of the Great Bear, the one next the bowl in the Dipper.
Read the complete definitionA small circle of the sphere parallel to the horizon; a circle or parallel of altitude. Two stars which have …
Read the complete definitionThe elevation of a point, or star, or other celestial object, above the horizon, measured by the arc of a …
Read the complete definitionOne of the radical zones of echinoderms, along which run the principal nerves, blood vessels, and water tubes. These zones …
Read the complete definitionamgid a similar. v {1} [BC; ac1c3] be similar. Miamgid (naamgid) ang istatuwa sa mudílu, The statue grew to be …
Read the complete definitionamorókpok - A meteor, shooting-star, meteorite, aerolite, aerolith; an evil spirit believed to exercise great authority over other evil spirits.
Read the complete definitionThe arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the foot of the vertical circle passing …
Read the complete definitionThe arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the center of the sun, or a …
Read the complete definitionaniníput (from kíput) n firefly. Makaiksplikar ka ngánung musíga ang aniníput? Can you explain why the firefly lights up? kità …
Read the complete definitionThe principal star in Scorpio: -- called also the Scorpion's Heart.
Read the complete definitionThe first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; -- opposed to occultation.
Read the complete definitionThe near approach of one heavenly body to another, or to the meridian; a coming into conjunction; as, the appulse …
Read the complete definitionA fixed star of the first magnitude in the constellation Bootes.
Read the complete definitionThe influence of the stars for good or evil; as, an ill aspect.
Read the complete definitionThe situation of planets or stars with respect to one another, or the angle formed by the rays of light …
Read the complete definitionA class of Echinodermata including the true starfishes. The rays vary in number and always have ambulacral grooves below. The …
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