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EPHEMERIS (ephemerides)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ephemeris mean? 

EPHEMERIS (noun)
  The noun EPHEMERIS has 1 sense:

1. an annual publication containing astronomical tables that give the positions of the celestial bodies throughout the yearplay

  Familiarity information: EPHEMERIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EPHEMERIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An annual publication containing astronomical tables that give the positions of the celestial bodies throughout the year

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

today computers calculate the ephemerides

Hypernyms ("ephemeris" is a kind of...):

annual; yearbook; yearly (a reference book that is published regularly once every year)


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