"ephemeris" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪˈfɛməɹɪs/ [UK], /ɪˈfɛməɹəs/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-ephemeris.wav [US] Forms: ephemerides [plural], ephemerises [plural]
Etymology: From New Latin ephēmeris, from Ancient Greek ἐφημερίς (ephēmerís, “diary, calendar”), from ἐφήμερος (ephḗmeros, “daily”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|ephēmeris}} New Latin ephēmeris, {{der|en|grc|ἐφημερίς||diary, calendar}} Ancient Greek ἐφημερίς (ephēmerís, “diary, calendar”), {{m|grc|ἐφήμερος||daily}} ἐφήμερος (ephḗmeros, “daily”) Head templates: {{en-noun|ephemerides|+}} ephemeris (plural ephemerides or ephemerises)
  1. (obsolete) A journal or diary. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-ephemeris-en-noun-VY4LUuw~
  2. (astronomy, nautical) A table giving the apparent position of celestial bodies throughout the year; normally given as right ascension and declination. Categories (topical): Astronomy, Nautical, Reference works Synonyms: almanac Translations (table giving the apparent position of celestial bodies throughout the year): efemèrides [feminine, plural] (Catalan), 皇曆 (Chinese Mandarin), 皇历 (huánglì) (Chinese Mandarin), efemeridi (Finnish), éphéméride [feminine] (French), éphémérides [feminine, plural] (French), Ephemeride [feminine] (German), αστρονομική εφημερίδα (astronomikí efimerída) [feminine] (Greek), eifimiris [feminine] (Irish), effemeride [feminine] (Italian), زیج (Persian), زیگ (zig) (Persian), دفتر سال (daftar-e sâl) (Persian), efemeryda [feminine] (Polish), efeméride [feminine] (Portuguese), эфемери́да (efemerída) [feminine] (Russian), efemérides [feminine, plural] (Spanish), efemerid (Swedish), efemeris (Turkish), gök günlüğü (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-ephemeris-en-noun-OeWjciU0 Disambiguation of Reference works: 29 55 16 Categories (other): Ancient Greek links with redundant target parameters, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Ancient Greek links with redundant target parameters: 14 32 21 14 19 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 45 46 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences, nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'table giving the apparent position of celestial bodies throughout the year': 1 68 31
  3. Computer software that calculates the apparent position of celestial bodies.
    Sense id: en-ephemeris-en-noun-LiD9XNfk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 45 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ephemeris time Related terms: ephemerid, ephemeride

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "table giving the apparent position of celestial bodies throughout the year",
      "word": "دفتر سال"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "table giving the apparent position of celestial bodies throughout the year",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "efemeryda"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "table giving the apparent position of celestial bodies throughout the year",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "efeméride"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "efemerída",
      "sense": "table giving the apparent position of celestial bodies throughout the year",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "эфемери́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "table giving the apparent position of celestial bodies throughout the year",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "efemérides"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "table giving the apparent position of celestial bodies throughout the year",
      "word": "efemerid"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "table giving the apparent position of celestial bodies throughout the year",
      "word": "efemeris"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "table giving the apparent position of celestial bodies throughout the year",
      "word": "gök günlüğü"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ephemeris"
}

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