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sidereal

14 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. sidereal (adjective)
  2. sidereal astronomy (noun)
  3. sidereal clock (noun)
  4. sidereal day (noun)
  5. sidereal hour (noun)
  6. sidereal hour angle (noun)
  7. sidereal midnight (noun)
  8. sidereal minute (noun)
  9. sidereal month (noun)
  10. sidereal noon (noun)
  11. sidereal period (noun)
  12. sidereal second (noun)
  13. sidereal time (noun)
  14. sidereal year (noun)

si·de·re·al

adj \sī-ˈdir-ē-əl, sə-\

Definition of SIDEREAL

: of, relating to, or expressed in relation to stars or constellations : astral

Origin of SIDEREAL

Latin sidereus, from sider-, sidus star, constellation
First Known Use: 1647

Other Astronomy Terms

gibbous, nadir, nebulous, penumbra, retrograde, syzygy, wane, wax, zenith

Rhymes with SIDEREAL

arterial, bacterial, diphtherial, empyreal, ethereal, funereal, imperial, material, venereal, vizierial

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