uranology

noun, plural u·ra·nol·o·gies. Astronomy.

a treatise on the celestial bodies.

Origin:
1725–35; urano- + -logy

Related forms

u·ra·no·log·i·cal

[yoo

r-uh-nl-oj-i-kuh

l] , adjective

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uranology
noun
the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole [syn: astronomy]

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