celestial bodies
21celestial sphere — noun Date: 1829 an imaginary sphere of infinite radius against which the celestial bodies appear to be projected and of which the apparent dome of the visible sky forms half …
22celestial mechanics — noun The dynamics of celestial bodies subject to mutual gravitational attraction …
23celestial — ce|les|ti|al [sıˈlestiəl US tʃəl] adj [usually before noun] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin caelestis, from caelum sky ] 1.) relating to the sky or heaven celestial bodies (=the sun, moon, stars etc) 2.) literary very beautiful …
24celestial navigation — A form of navigation where the known position of celestial bodies and their angle to the observer, along with the time of the observation, are used to determine position. The exact position of stars is given in a nautical or aeronautical almanac …
25celestial — adjective formal 1 related to the sky or heaven: celestial bodies (=the sun, moon, stars etc) 2 literary very beautiful …
26celestial guidance — /səˌlɛstiəl ˈgaɪdns/ (say suh.lesteeuhl guydns) noun a system of steering missiles or spacecraft which uses the positions of celestial bodies as points of reference …
27celestial navigation — /səˌlɛstiəl nævəˈgeɪʃən/ (say suh.lesteeuhl navuh gayshuhn) noun navigation based on the positions of celestial bodies. Also, astronavigation …
28Celestial Eye — goldfish or Choten gan [ [http://www.hagen.com/usa/aquatic/more.cfm Fishes in Nature and in the Aquarium from Nutrafin News Aquatic magazine, Rolf C. Hagen (U.S.A.) Inc. and Rolf C. Hagen Corp. (Montreal, Canada), Issue #4, 2004] ] is a double… …
29celestial — adj Celestial, heavenly, empyrean, empyreal mean of, relating to, or fit for heaven or the heavens. Celestial (opposed to terrestrial) may refer either to the visible heavens (the region surrounding the earth and seemingly enclosed by the sky) or …
30celestial sphere — the imaginary spherical shell formed by the sky, usually represented as an infinite sphere, the center of which is a given observer s position. [1875 80] * * * Apparent surface of the heavens, on which the stars seem to be fixed. For the purpose… …
