Synonyms for observatory


Grammar : Noun
Spell : uh b-zur-vuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee
Phonetic Transcription : əbˈzɜr vəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i


Définition of observatory

Origin :
  • "building for observing astronomical phenomena," 1670s (in reference to Greenwich), from French observatoire, from observer (v.); see observe.
  • noun watchtower
Example sentences :
  • No doubt a wicked attempt to blow up the Observatory, they say.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • You see, I have a few of those eggs myself, up at the observatory.
  • Extract from : « Spawn of the Comet » by Harold Thompson Rich
  • She straightened, and grasping Sarka by the hand, hurried with him into the observatory.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various
  • As to the outer wall of the Observatory it did not show as much as the faintest crack.
  • Extract from : « Notes on My Books » by Joseph Conrad
  • The year 1678 found him in the full tide of work in his observatory.
  • Extract from : « Great Astronomers » by R. S. Ball
  • He had made no attempt to combine the routine of a parish with his labours in the observatory.
  • Extract from : « Great Astronomers » by R. S. Ball
  • Airy's scientific work was, however, by no means confined to the observatory.
  • Extract from : « Great Astronomers » by R. S. Ball
  • De Vico's observation of July 12, 1837 (Observatory, 2-424).
  • Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
  • In the Observatory, 6-192, is Maunder's contemporaneous account.
  • Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
  • I slept on Sunday night at my dear friend's, Mr. Johnson's, at the Observatory.
  • Extract from : « Apologia Pro Vita Sua » by John Henry Cardinal Newman

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