astronomical

adj
/ˌæs.tɹəˈnɒm.ɪ.kəl/UK/ˌæs.tɹəˈnɑm.ɪ.kəl/US

Etymology

Attested since at least 1550, from Middle French astronomique or directly from Latin astronomicus, from Ancient Greek ἀστρονομικός (astronomikós).

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to astronomy.

    • Finally, all men saw that astronomical knowledge lied not, and they awaited the comet.
  2. Very large

    Very large; of vast measure.

    • At the moment he wondered why anyone would want to visit Khatka, let alone pay some astronomical sum for the privilege.
    • The cost of such a work now, of course, would be astronomical.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at astronomical. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at astronomical. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at astronomical

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA