observatory Meaning & Definition

  • En [ əbˈzɜː.və.tər.i]
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Meaning of observatory In English

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  • Since the beginnings of astronomy scientists have been constantly improving telescopes and space observatories to better understand the universe. 

  • Libraries, observatories, and botanical gardens offer another sort of challenge to the systematizer.

  • The observatory's orientation is linked to that of the heavens, with the principal axis of the tower aligned north-south following the plane of the meridian.

  • It is likely that by this time the complex could not have functioned as a solar observatory in any sense.

  • His "inquiry" is the observatory of inventions connected to the mechanization of work.

  • There he became an assistant at the observatory.

  • Why build five lunar observatories in the same location?

  • The new observatory provided a perfect opportunity for the exercise of his penchant for spectacular instrumentation.

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Translations of observatory In Other Languages

  • 中文繁体

    天文臺, 氣象台…

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  • 中文简体

    天文台, 气象台…

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  • Español

    observatorio, observatorio [masculine, singular]…

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  • Português

    observatório…

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  • Türk dili

    gözlemevi, rasathane…

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  • Français

    observatoire [masculine], observatoire…

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  • Čeština

    observatoř…

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  • Dansk

    observatorium…

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