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Synonyms for celestial body

Grammar : Noun
Spell : suh-les-chuhl
Phonetic Transcription : səˈlɛs tʃəl

Définition of celestial body

Origin :
  • late 14c., "pertaining to heaven," from Old French celestial "celestial, heavenly, sky-blue," from Latin caelestis "heavenly, pertaining to the sky," from caelum "heaven, sky; abode of the gods; climate," of uncertain origin; perhaps from PIE *kaid-slo-, perhaps from a root also found in Germanic and Baltic meaning "bright, clear" (cf. Lithuanian skaidrus "shining, clear;" Old English hador, German heiter "clear, shining, cloudless," Old Norse heið "clear sky").
  • The Latin word is the source of the usual word for "sky" in most of the Romance languages, e.g. French ciel, Spanish cielo, Italian cielo. General sense of "heavenly, very delightful" in English is from early 15c.
  • noun permanent natural object in the sky
Example sentences :
  • What a celestial body has it drawn out from its celestial sphere!
  • Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
  • The accurate touch of the edge of a celestial body to the horizon.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • A tree in a prairie on a celestial body, as far as Theta of Orion is from Capella, is perfectly visible to us.
  • Extract from : « Lumen » by Camille Flammarion
  • Suppose his rocket crashed upon a planet, or the star itself, or became a captive satellite of some celestial body?
  • Extract from : « The Jameson Satellite » by Neil Ronald Jones
  • This Celestial Body is the abode of divinity, including many divine beings who take part in its eternal rotations, viz.
  • Extract from : « Aristotle » by George Grote
  • From this celestial body, a certain influence of Nos is transferred to some of the mortal inhabitants of earth, water, and air.
  • Extract from : « Aristotle » by George Grote
  • He was a celestial body in the home around which all the other inmates were revolving satellites.
  • Extract from : « Little Essays of Love and Virtue » by Havelock Ellis
  • Every celestial body therefore appears to be a little higher in the sky than it really is.
  • Extract from : « The Royal Observatory Greenwich » by E. Walter (Edwared Walter) Maunder
  • The celestial body, which is a highly complex combination of elements, may be the unit of astronomical science.
  • Extract from : « Giordano Bruno » by James Lewis McIntyre
  • The position of a celestial body is referred to the equator by its right ascension and declination.
  • Extract from : « Letters on Astronomy » by Denison Olmsted

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