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Definition of: astronomy
(ə·stron′ə·mē) noun
1. The science that treats of the heavenly bodies, their motions, magnitudes, distances, and physical constitution.
2. A treatise on this science. [<OF astronomie <L astronomia <Gk. astronomia <astron star + nomos law <nemein distribute, arrange]
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