Synonyms for ephemeris


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ih-fem-er-is
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈfɛm ər ɪs


Définition of ephemeris

Origin :
  • table showing predicted positions of heavenly bodies, 1550s, Modern Latin, from Greek ephemeris "diary, calendar," from ephemeros "daily" (see ephemera). The classical plural is ephemerides.
  • As in almanac : noun document containing information for a year
Example sentences :
  • A Table of artificial numbers; to be found at the back of "Raphael's" Ephemeris.
  • Extract from : « How to Read the Crystal » by Sepharial
  • Take in hand, then, the Ephemeris for the year of your birth and read this chapter with it in view.
  • Extract from : « Astrology » by Sepharial
  • And now not only is it slightly off course, but so is every ephemeris printed on Mert.
  • Extract from : « Conquest Over Time » by Michael Shaara
  • Its position with respect to Saturn on any given date can be learned from the Ephemeris.
  • Extract from : « Astronomy with an Opera-glass » by Garrett Putman Serviss
  • With an Ephemeris and another astrological book, I made out and copied in six hours Mdlle.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • On a nail by the side of the great fireplace hung proudly and prominently the Family Almanac, the Ephemeris.
  • Extract from : « Customs and Fashions in Old New England » by Alice Morse Earle
  • An Ephemeris is an almanac of the planetary positions day by day throughout any given year.
  • Extract from : « Astrology » by Sepharial
  • Dictys (the full title of whose book is Ephemeris Belli Trojani) is not only the longer but the better written of the two.
  • Extract from : « The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory » by George Saintsbury
  • Knowing the location of Venus in the sky, which can be ascertained from the Ephemeris, the observer can find it by day.
  • Extract from : « Pleasures of the telescope » by Garrett Serviss

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