Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Plural of ephemeris; formerly sometimes used as a singular.

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  • noun Plural form of ephemeris.
  • noun An ephemeris.

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Examples

  • And, although the ephemerides of the inner planets are very well known, most likely due to accurate radar measurements in part, this is the first time that such precision is possible for an outer planet.

    Archive 2009-01-08 Nicole 2009

  • And, although the ephemerides of the inner planets are very well known, most likely due to accurate radar measurements in part, this is the first time that such precision is possible for an outer planet.

    URSI Update #2 Nicole 2009

  • We have him to thank for ephemerides, those great tables of computed places of celestial bodies over long periods of time.

    Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast: March 12-14, 2010 | Universe Today 2010

  • I suspect the ancient Greeks set it up this way because it made astrology amenable to mathematical analysis and easier to construct ephemerides.

    Debunking Astrology: Mars Can't Influence You | Universe Today 2010

  • This in turn led to a moderate increase in the accuracy of calendars and astronomical tables, or ephemerides, then commonly used by astrologers to cast horoscopes and by sailors for navigational purposes.

    Nothing intelligent about this design David 2005

  • It is well known that everything is miraculous in the history of the Jews; the miracle performed in favor of King Hezekiah on the dial of Ahaz is one of the greatest that ever took place: it is evident that the whole earth must have been deranged, the course of the stars changed forever, and the periods of the eclipses of the sun and moon so altered as to confuse all the ephemerides.

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • [3369] Garcaeus, dabimus hoc petulantibus ingeniis, we will in some cases allow: or let him make an ephemerides, read Suisset the calculator's works,

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • * I feel not in me those sordid and unchristian desires of my profession; I do not secretly implore and wish for plagues, rejoice at famines, revolve ephemerides and almanacks in expectation of malignant aspects, fatal conjunctions, and eclipses.

    Religio Medici 2007

  • For the accuracy, I am depending on the ephemerides.com site sponsored by JPL.

    Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » My new Sky Clock 2006

  • The evil of the time is the multiplication of ephemerides.

    New Grub Street 2003

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  • "Wright composed ephemerides—tables giving the future positions of the sun, moon, planets, and principal fixed stars for use in navigation." from The Metaphysical Club

    October 16, 2021