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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole;
[syn: astronomy, uranology]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Uranology \U`ra*nol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? heaven + -logy.] A discourse or treatise on the heavens and the heavenly bodies; the study of the heavens; uranography. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

uranology n 1: the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole [syn: astronomy, uranology]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

19 Moby Thesaurus words for "uranology": astrogeology, astrognosy, astrography, astrolithology, astronomy, astrophotography, astrophysics, celestial mechanics, gravitational astronomy, meteoritics, radar astronomy, radio astronomy, solar physics, spectrography, spectroscopy, stargazing, stellar photometry, uranography, uranometry