Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A description of, or the art of describing or mapping, the stars.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The art of describing or delineating the stars; a description or mapping of the heavens.
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- noun The art of describing or delineating the
stars ; a description or mapping of the heavens.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Dickson also appears to confuse himself with his astrography – if not flatly contradicting his earlier self.
It’s in the Memes, er, Genes « It Doesn't Have To Be Right… 2007
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They used the House of Thunders 'elaborate astrography equipment to look for possible destinations for ships low on air and fuel.
The Wizard Of Karres Lackey, Mercedes 2004
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The six stars were as bright and unmistakable as the seven stars of Earth's Big Dipper ... nor did it take a degree in astrography to know that this constellation had never been seen from Terra.
Tunnel In The Sky Heinlein, Robert A. 1955
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He learned geography from Stoj, the professor, astrography from Fudj, the assistant, together with giliodesy, orgastrophy and other native Russian studies.
Further Foolishness Stephen Leacock 1906
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Copernicus mapped out the stellar system, and before he spake, astrography was chaotic, and the heavenly fields
Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures Mary Baker Eddy 1865
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"That's in the Regency of Sirius, if your knowledge of astrography is up to the usual Imperial standards.
The Wizard Of Karres Lackey, Mercedes 2004
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