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Meaning of 'sidereal' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Sidereal [ a.]
- Relating to the stars; starry; astral; as, sidereal astronomy.
- Measuring by the apparent motion of the stars; designated, marked out, or accompanied, by a return to the same position in respect to the stars; as, the sidereal revolution of a planet; a sidereal day.

Meaning of 'sidereal' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . sidereal [ a]
Meaning (1):
- of or relating to the stars or constellations
Example in sentence:
  • sidereal bodies;
  • the sidereal system
Meaning (2):
- (of divisions of time) determined by daily motion of the stars
Example in sentence:
  • sidereal time

Nearby Words:

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