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ASTROMETRY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does astrometry mean?
• ASTROMETRY (noun)
The noun ASTROMETRY has 1 sense:
1. the branch of astronomy that deals with the measurement of the position and motion of celestial bodies
Familiarity information: ASTROMETRY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The branch of astronomy that deals with the measurement of the position and motion of celestial bodies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("astrometry" is a kind of...):
astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)
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