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as⋅tral

  [as-truhl]
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–adjective
1. pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
2. Biology. pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling an aster; having a discoid, radiate flower head.
3. Theosophy. noting a supersensible substance pervading all space and forming the substance of a second body (astral body) belonging to each individual. It accompanies the individual through life, is able to leave the human body at will, and survives the individual after death.
Origin:
1595–1605; (< MF) < LL astrālis, equiv. to L ast(rum) star (< Gk ástron) + -ālis -al 1

Related forms:
as⋅tral⋅ly, adverb
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as·tral   (ās'trəl)   
adj.  

  1. Of, relating to, emanating from, or resembling the stars.

  2. Biology Of, relating to, or shaped like the mitotic aster; star-shaped.

  3. Of or relating to a supersensible body believed by theosophists to coexist with and survive the death of the human physical body: an astral body; astral projection.


[Late Latin astrālis, from Latin astrum, star, from Greek astron; see ster-3 in Indo-European roots.]
as'tral·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

astral 
1605, from L.L. astralis, from L. astrum "star," from Gk. astron.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: as·tral
Pronunciation: 'as-tr&l
Function: adjective
: of or relating to a mitotic or meiotic aster
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astral as·tral (ās'trəl)
adj.

  1. Of, relating to, emanating from, or resembling the stars.

  2. Of, relating to, or shaped like the mitotic aster; having the shape of an astrosphere; star-shaped.

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Astral language
A programming language based on Pascal, never implemented.
["ASTRAL: A Structured and Unified Approach to Database Design and Manipulation", T. Amble et al, in Proc of the Database Architecture Conf, Venice, June 1979].
(2000-01-27)

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