Definitions for ephemeris

ephemeris e·phem·er·is

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IPA: /ɪˈfɛm ər ɪs/

Ephemeris is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 301 anagrams from letters in ephemeris (eeehimprs).

Definitions for ephemeris

noun

  1. a table showing the positions of a heavenly body on a number of dates in a regular sequence.
  2. an astronomical almanac containing such tables.
  3. Archaic. an almanac or calendar.

Origin of ephemeris

1545-55; Latin ephēmeris day book, diary Greek ephēmerís diary, account book, derivative of ephḗmeros; see ephemeral

Examples for ephemeris

And now not only is it slightly off course, but so is every ephemeris printed on Mert.

An ephemeris is an almanac of the planetary positions day by day throughout any given year.

A Table of artificial numbers; to be found at the back of "Raphael's" ephemeris.

Knowing the location of Venus in the sky, which can be ascertained from the ephemeris, the observer can find it by day.

With an ephemeris and another astrological book, I made out and copied in six hours Mdlle.

Take in hand, then, the ephemeris for the year of your birth and read this chapter with it in view.

On a nail by the side of the great fireplace hung proudly and prominently the Family Almanac, the ephemeris.

Dictys (the full title of whose book is ephemeris Belli Trojani) is not only the longer but the better written of the two.

Its position with respect to Saturn on any given date can be learned from the ephemeris.

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