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planetlike — adjective see planet … New Collegiate Dictionary
Poetry — Po et*ry, n. [OF. poeterie. See {Poet}.] 1. The art of apprehending and interpreting ideas by the faculty of imagination; the art of idealizing in thought and in expression. [1913 Webster] For poetry is the blossom and the fragrance of all human… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
planet — noun Etymology: Middle English planete, from Anglo French, from Late Latin planeta, modification of Greek planēt , planēs, literally, wanderer, from planasthai to wander more at floor Date: 13th century 1. a. any of the seven celestial bodies sun … New Collegiate Dictionary
Brown dwarf — Brown dwarfs are sub stellar objects which are too low in mass to sustain hydrogen 1 fusion reactions in their cores, which is characteristic of stars on the main sequence. Brown dwarfs have fully convective surfaces and interiors, with no… … Wikipedia
asteroid — asteroidal, adj. /as teuh royd /, n. 1. Also called minor planet. Astron. any of the thousands of small bodies of from 480 miles (775 km) to less than one mile (1.6 km) in diameter that revolve about the sun in orbits lying mostly between those… … Universalium
astronomy — /euh stron euh mee/, n. the science that deals with the material universe beyond the earth s atmosphere. [1175 1225; ME astronomie ( < AF) < L astronomia < Gk. See ASTRO , NOMY] * * * I Science dealing with the origin, evolution, composition,… … Universalium
atomic theory — 1. Physics, Chem. any of several theories describing the structure, behavior, and other properties of the atom and its component parts. 2. Philos. atomism (def. 1). [1840 50] * * * ▪ physics ancient philosophical speculation that all things … Universalium
physics — /fiz iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science that deals with matter, energy, motion, and force. [1580 90; see PHYSIC, ICS] * * * I Science that deals with the structure of matter and the interactions between the fundamental constituents of… … Universalium
Paczynski, Bohdan — ▪ 2008 Polish born American astrophysicist born Feb. 8, 1940 , Wilno, Pol. [now Vilnius, Lith.] died April 19, 2007 , Princeton, N.J. pioneered a novel method for carrying out astronomical observations of distant objects that produce little … Universalium
Physical Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Scientists discovered a new family of superconducting materials and obtained unique images of individual hydrogen atoms and of a multiple exoplanet system. Europe completed the Large Hadron Collider, and China and India took… … Universalium
