About The Word Sidereal
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Sidereal
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What's The Definition Of Sidereal?
[adj] (of divisions of time) determined by daily motion of the stars; "sidereal time"
[adj] of or relating to the stars or constellations; "sidereal bodies"; "the sidereal system" Synonyms | Synonyms for Sidereal: Related Terms | Find terms related to Sidereal: See Also | Sidereal In Webster's Dictionary \Si*de"re*al\, a. [L. sidereus, from sidus, sideris, a
constellation, a star. Cf. {Sideral}, {Consider}, {Desire}.]
1. Relating to the stars; starry; astral; as, sidereal
astronomy.
2. (Astron.) Measuring by the apparent motion of the stars;
designated, marked out, or accompanied, by a return to the
same position in respect to the stars; as, the sidereal
revolution of a planet; a sidereal day.
{Sidereal clock}, {day}, {month}, {year}. See under {Clock},
{Day}, etc.
{Sideral time}, time as reckoned by sideral days, or, taking
the sidereal day as the unit, the time elapsed since a
transit of the vernal equinox, reckoned in parts of a
sidereal day. This is, strictly, apparent sidereal time,
mean sidereal time being reckoned from the transit, not of
the true, but of the mean, equinoctial point.
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