uranography

uranography Definition

ura·nog·ra·phy (yo̵or′ə näg′rə fē)

noun

the branch of astronomy dealing with the description of the heavens and the mapping of the stars

Etymology: Gr ouranographia < ouranos, heaven, Uranus + graphein, to write: see graphic

Related Forms:

uranographer u′ra·nog′·ra·pher noun
uranographic u′rano·graph′ic (yo̵or′ə nə graf′ik) adjective or uranographical u′rano·graph′i·cal

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