heavenly or celestial body

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• celestial body — noun natural objects visible in the sky (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑heavenly body • Members of this Topic: ↑twinkle, ↑winkle, ↑scintillate • Hypernyms: ↑natural object …   Useful english dictionary

• celestial body — noun A natural object which is located outside of Earths atmosphere, such as the Moon, the Sun, an asteroid, planet, or star. Syn …   Wiktionary

• celestial — adj Celestial, heavenly, empyrean, empyreal mean of, relating to, or fit for heaven or the heavens. Celestial (opposed to terrestrial) may refer either to the visible heavens (the region surrounding the earth and seemingly enclosed by the sky) or …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• heavenly body — ► NOUN ▪ a planet, star, or other celestial body …   English terms dictionary

• celestial mechanics — the branch of astronomy that deals with the application of the laws of dynamics and Newton s law of gravitation to the motions of heavenly bodies. [1815 25] * * * Branch of astronomy that deals with the mathematical theory of the motions of… …   Universalium

• heavenly body — noun A natural celestial object, visible in the sky, such as a star, planet, natural satellite, asteroid, comet, the Moon or the Sun. Objects flying or moving in the atmosphere are not usually considered as heavenly bodies …   Wiktionary

• celestial navigation — navigation by means of observations made of the apparent position of heavenly bodies. Also called astronavigation, celo navigation. [1935 40] * * *       use of the observed positions of celestial bodies to determine a navigator s position. At… …   Universalium

• celestial — adjective 1) a celestial body Syn: (in) space, heavenly, astronomical, extraterrestrial, stellar, astral, planetary Ant: earthly, terrestrial 2) celestial beings Syn …   Thesaurus of popular words

• celestial — ce•les•tial [[t]səˈlɛs tʃəl[/t]] adj. 1) of or pertaining to the sky or visible heaven: a celestial body[/ex] 2) pertaining to the spiritual or invisible heaven; heavenly; divine 3) of or pertaining to celestial navigation 4) why (cap.) of or… …   From formal English to slang

• heavenly body — n. celestial body, planet or star or any of the other objects in the sky …   English contemporary dictionary

• heavenly body — noun a planet, star, or other celestial body …   English new terms dictionary