astronomy

«astronomy» in Mova's school dictionary: The science that studies the stars, planets, moons… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (astronomy — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

The science that studies the stars, planets, moons, comets, galaxies and everything else in space. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons astronomy covers the solar system, why we have day and night and seasons, the phases of the moon and the life of stars. Astronomers use telescopes and space probes. In history, astronomy helped sailors navigate and people make calendars. Phrases: study astronomy, an astronomy club, amateur astronomy.

examples

• Astronomy is the study of space. tree →
• I joined the astronomy club and saw Saturn's rings. tree →
• Galileo made important discoveries in astronomy. tree →
• Astronomy helped sailors find their way by the stars. tree →
• My big sister wants to study astronomy at university. tree →
• Astronomy uses lots of very big numbers. tree →
• URANIA, the muse of Astronomy, stands erect, and bears in her left hand a celestial globe. tree →

note

Uncountable. Person: astronomer; adjective: astronomical (which also means "enormously large", as in astronomical prices). Trap: astronomy is science; astrology (star signs predicting your life) is not science. In maths: distances in astronomy are so huge that light-years are used.

In the corpora

• Astronomy is the science of space; astrology is a belief about stars and personality, and tests haven't shown it predicts anything.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «astronomy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.