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Ephemeris   Listen
noun
Ephemeris  n.  (pl. ephemerides)  
1.
A diary; a journal.
2.
(Anat.)
(a)
A publication giving the computed places of the heavenly bodies for each day of the year, with other numerical data, for the use of the astronomer and navigator; an astronomical almanac; as, the "American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac."
(b)
Any tabular statement of the assigned places of a heavenly body, as a planet or comet, on several successive days.
3.
(Literature) A collective name for reviews, magazines, and all kinds of periodical literature.





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... earlier numbers of the Comic Almanac all the manners and customs of Londoners that would afford food for fun were noted down; and if during the last two years the mysterious personage who, under the title of "Rigdum Funnidos," compiles this ephemeris, has been compelled to resort to romantic tales, we must suppose that he did so because the great metropolis was exhausted, and it was necessary to discover new worlds in the cloud-land of fancy. The character of Mr. Stubbs, who ...
— George Cruikshank • William Makepeace Thackeray


Words linked to "Ephemeris" :   annual, yearly, yearbook, ephemeris time


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