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词汇 sidereal
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Definition of sidereal in English:

sidereal

adjective sʌɪˈdɪərɪəlˌsaɪˈdɪriəl
  • Of or with respect to the distant stars (i.e. the constellations or fixed stars, not the sun or planets).

    星的;恒星的;星座的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Slightly brighter today is Alpherg, which is taken as the starting point for the sidereal zodiac.
    • Fixed stars continued to be used as reference points throughout the Middle Ages, and even Copernicus measured positions in a sidereal zodiac beginning from the fixed star Mesartim.
    • In the first sphere across the zodiac we see twelve sidereal animals.
    • It needs remembering that these early cities were all founded in overwhelmingly agricultural societies where the hoe and horse, the field and the farmhouse, and the rhythms of life followed sidereal rather than clock time.
    • Obviously, there's a lot more to Vedic astrology than just knowing that there is a sidereal zodiac and a tropical zodiac; when you start learning, you realise all the rules and regulations.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin sidereus (from sidus, sider- 'star') + -al.

Rhymes

arterial, bacterial, cereal, criterial, ethereal, ferial, funereal, immaterial, imperial, magisterial, managerial, material, ministerial, presbyterial, serial, venereal, biomaterial

Definition of sidereal in US English:

sidereal

adjectiveˌsīˈdirēəlˌsaɪˈdɪriəl
  • Of or with respect to the distant stars (i.e. the constellations or fixed stars, not the sun or planets).

    星的;恒星的;星座的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Obviously, there's a lot more to Vedic astrology than just knowing that there is a sidereal zodiac and a tropical zodiac; when you start learning, you realise all the rules and regulations.
    • In the first sphere across the zodiac we see twelve sidereal animals.
    • Fixed stars continued to be used as reference points throughout the Middle Ages, and even Copernicus measured positions in a sidereal zodiac beginning from the fixed star Mesartim.
    • Slightly brighter today is Alpherg, which is taken as the starting point for the sidereal zodiac.
    • It needs remembering that these early cities were all founded in overwhelmingly agricultural societies where the hoe and horse, the field and the farmhouse, and the rhythms of life followed sidereal rather than clock time.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin sidereus (from sidus, sider- ‘star’) + -al.

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