Thesaurus:astronomy

Thesaurus

astronomy

English

Noun

Sense: the study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere

Synonyms

• astronomy

Meronyms

• archaeoastronomy
• archeoastronomy
• astrometry
• infrared astronomy
• neutrino astronomy
• optical astronomy
• paleoastronomy
• radar astronomy
• radio astronomy
• X-ray astronomy

Holonyms

• physics    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

Key concepts and classes studied by astronomy - heavy bodies

• celestial body    [⇒ thesaurus]
• star    [⇒ thesaurus]
• planet    [⇒ thesaurus]
• moon    [⇒ thesaurus]
• asteroid
• comet
• black hole
• constellation    [⇒ thesaurus]
• galaxy    [⇒ thesaurus]

Key concepts and classes studied by astronomy - non-bodies

• aberration
• astronomical unit
• eclipse
• meridian
• occultation
• orbit
• parallax
• perihelion
• spectrum
• right ascension
• zenith

Artifacts that serve astronomy: buildings, devices and instruments

• coronagraph
• spectrograph
• spectroheliograph
• telescope
• interferometer
• observatory

See also

• Category:Astronomy
• Appendix:List of astronomical terms

Further reading

• “astronomy” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “astronomy” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.