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sidereal
/saɪˈdɪɚ.i.əl/
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What does sidereal mean?
adjective
- Of or relating to the stars.
- Relating to a measurement of time relative to the position of the stars.
- Relating to a measurement of time relative to the point of the vernal equinox.
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IPA pronunciation
/saɪˈdɪɚ.i.əl/
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The whole sky, though lit by the sidereal rays, seemed black by contrast with the whiteness of the waters.
This proverb applies as aptly to the moral and political, as to the sidereal and molecular, world.
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Observation daily enhances this probability, for our study of the sidereal universe is continually showing us stars in all stages of development.
Dim and wonderful is the vision I have conjured up in my mind of life spreading slowly from this little seed bed of the solar system throughout the inanimate vastness of sidereal space.
Therefore the entire sidereal universe is built on the laws of music.