astrophysics

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From astro- +‎ physics.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌæs.tɹoʊˈfɪz.ɪks/, /ˌæs.tɹəˈfɪz.ɪks/

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Noun

astrophysics (uncountable)

2. The branch of astronomy or physics that deals with the physical properties of celestial bodies and with the interaction between matter and radiation in celestial bodies and in the space between them.
   • 2011 October 9, Meg Urry, “Dark energy, science’s biggest mystery”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     The fact is, dark energy is the biggest mystery in science. It has driven a huge amount of research in the past decade, and was a key driver in last year’s “New Worlds, New Horizons” report from the National Academies of Science, which prioritized future astronomy and astrophysics projects.

Derived terms

• gastrophysics
• geoastrophysics

Translations

interdisciplinary branch of astronomy and physics

• Albanian: astrofizikë (sq)
• Arabic: فِزِيَاء الفَلَكِيَّة f (fiziyāʔ al-falakiyya)
• Armenian: աստղաֆիզիկա (hy) (astġafizika)
• Asturian: astrofísica f
• Azerbaijani: astrofizika
• Basque: astrofisika
• Burmese: ရူပနက္ခတ္တဗေဒ (rupa.nakhkatta.beda.)
• Catalan: astrofísica f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 天體物理學 / 天体物理学 (zh) (tiāntǐ wùlǐxué)

• Czech: astrofyzika (cs) f
• Danish: astrofysik (da)
• Dutch: astrofysica (nl)
• Esperanto: astrofiziko
• Estonian: astrofüüsika
• Faroese: stjørnualisfrøði f
• Finnish: astrofysiikka (fi)
• French: astrophysique (fr)
• Galician: astrofísica (gl) f
• Georgian: ასტროფიზიკა (asṭropiziḳa)
• German: Astrophysik (de) f
• Greek: αστροφυσική (el) f (astrofysikí)
• Hebrew: אַסְטְרוֹפִיזִיקָה (he) f (astrofiziqa)
• Hindi: ताराभौतिकी (tārābhautikī), खगोलभौतिकी (khagolbhautikī)
• Hungarian: asztrofizika (hu)
• Icelandic: stjarneðlisfræði (is) f
• Ido: astrofiziko (io)
• Irish: réaltfhisic f
• Italian: astrofisica (it) f
• Japanese: 天体物理学 (ja) (てんたいぶつりがく, tentai butsurigaku)
• Kannada: ಖಭೌತ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ (kn) (khabhauta śāstra)
• Korean: 천체물리학 (ko) (cheonchemullihak)
• Latin: astrophysica f
• Latvian: astrofizika
• Lithuanian: astrofizika (lt) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: astrofysikk m

  Nynorsk: astrofysikk m

• Persian: فیزیک نجومی, اخترفیزیک (fa)
• Polish: astrofizyka (pl) f
• Portuguese: astrofísica (pt) f
• Romanian: astrofizică (ro) f
• Russian: астрофи́зика (ru) f (astrofízika)
• Serbo-Croatian: астрофизика f, astrofizika (sh) f
• Sicilian: astrufìsica f, astrofìsica f
• Slovak: astrofyzika f
• Slovene: astrofizika (sl) f
• Spanish: astrofísica (es)
• Swedish: astrofysik (sv)
• Tagalog: astropisika
• Thai: ฟิสิกส์ดาราศาสตร์ (físìk daaraasàat)
• Turkish: astrofizik (tr)
• Vietnamese: vật lý thiên văn

See also

• astrochemistry
• physics
• xenophysics