uranology

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

uranology
    n 1: the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the
         universe as a whole [syn: {astronomy}, {uranology}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Uranology \U`ra*nol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? heaven + -logy.]
   A discourse or treatise on the heavens and the heavenly
   bodies; the study of the heavens; uranography.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

19 Moby Thesaurus words for "uranology":
      astrogeology, astrognosy, astrography, astrolithology, astronomy,
      astrophotography, astrophysics, celestial mechanics,
      gravitational astronomy, meteoritics, radar astronomy,
      radio astronomy, solar physics, spectrography, spectroscopy,
      stargazing, stellar photometry, uranography, uranometry

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