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ASTROMETRY
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
The branch of astronomy that deals with the measurement of the position and motion of celestial bodies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("astrometry" is a kind of...):
astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)