Found 2 items, similar to ephemeris.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: ephemeris
ephemeris
n : an annual publication containing astronomical tables that
give the positions of the celestial bodies throughout the
year;
“today computers calculate the ephemerides”
[also:
ephemerides (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Ephemeris
Ephemeris
\E*phem"e*ris\, n.; pl.
Ephemerides. [L., a diary,
Gr. ?, also, a calendar, fr. ?. See
Ephemera.]
1. A diary; a journal. --Johnson.
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2. (Anat.)
(a) A publication giving the computed places of the
heavenly bodies for each day of the year, with other
numerical data, for the use of the astronomer and
navigator; an astronomical almanac; as, the
“American
Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac.”
(b) Any tabular statement of the assigned places of a
heavenly body, as a planet or comet, on several
successive days.
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3. (Literature) A collective name for reviews, magazines, and
all kinds of periodical literature. --Brande & C.
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