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astronomy

as.tron.o.my \*-'stra:n-*-me-\ n [ME astronomie, fr. OF, fr. L astronomia, 
   fr. Gk, fr. astr- +] -nomia -nomy 1: the science of the celestial bodies 
   and of their magnitudes, motions, an d constitution 2: a treatise on 
   astronomy