nadir

From Medieval Latin nadir, from Arabic نَظِير السَّمْت (naẓīr as-samt), composed of نَظِير (naẓīr, “counterpart, corresponding to”) and السَّمْت (as-samt, “the zenith”).

der

نَظِير السَّمْت


sole

it-noun

sole m (plural soli, diminutive (colloquial) solicèllo or (uncommon) solicìno)

soli (plural)
solicèllo (colloquial diminutive)
solicìno (diminutive uncommon)

From Sole, from Latin sōlem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥. Cognates include Greek ήλιος (ílios), Icelandic sól, Hindi सूर्य (sūrya), and Russian со́лнце (sólnce).

(colloquial, astronomy) star (for extension of Sole)


toro

Inherited from Classical Latin taurus, from Proto-Italic *tauros, from Proto-Indo-European *táwros. Doublet of tauro, which is a learned borrowing.

(astronomy) alternative letter-case form of Toro: Taurus (constellation of the Zodiac)


zenit

From Medieval Latin cenit, a transliteration of Arabic سَمْت (samt, “direction, path”) which is in itself a weak abbreviation of سَمْت الرَأْس (samt ar-raʔs, “direction of the head”).


luna

From Luna, from Latin lūna, from Old Latin losna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, derived from the root *lewk- (“bright”). Cognates include Armenian լուսին (lusin), Spanish luna, Portuguese lua, Romanian lună, Russian луна́ (luná).

(colloquial, astronomy, by extension of Luna) a natural satellite


bolide

Learned borrowing from Latin bolis, from Ancient Greek βολίς (bolís, “missile, arrow, javelin”).


terra

(colloquial, astronomy, by extension of Terra) planet


Europa

it:52 Europa
it:Europa
it:Europa (Oceanina)
it:Europa (astronomia)
it:Europa (figlia di Agenore)
it:Europa (natante)

(astronomy) Europa (52 Europa, a main belt asteroid; not to be confused with the Jovian moon)


corona

→ Byzantine Greek: κορόνα (koróna)

desctree

Greek: κορώνα (koróna), κορόνα (koróna)
→? Bulgarian: корона (korona)
→? Romanian: coroană

From Latin corōna, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “garland, wreath”). Compare also cruna, probably from a derivative of the same Latin word.


spazio

Borrowed from Latin spatium, whence also Old Italian spazzo (“floor”), an inherited doublet.

(mathematics, geometry, astronomy, typography, other senses) space


periodo

From Latin periodus, from Ancient Greek περίοδος (períodos, “circuit, period of time, path around”), from περι- (peri-, “around”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way”).

(astronomy) the time taken for a planet to orbit its star; year


Urano

From Latin Ūranus, from Ancient Greek Οὐρανός (Ouranós), from οὐρανός (ouranós, “sky, heaven”).

planets of the Solar System: pianeti del sistema solare: Mercurio · Venere · Terra · Marte · Giove · Saturno · Urano · Nettuno [edit]


flare

it-noun

flare m (usually invariable, plural flares)

(astronomy) flare (source of brightly burning light or intense heat)


Io

it:85 Io
it:Io (astronomia)
it:Io (mitologia)


Leone

(astronomy, astrology) Leo (constellation)


Luna

From Latin Lūna, from Old Latin losna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, derived from the root *lewk- (“bright”). Cognates include Armenian լուսին (lusin), Spanish luna, Portuguese lua, Romanian lună, Russian луна́ (luná).

it:Luna
it:Luna (astrologia)
it:Luna (nome)

Lauꝺato ſi miſignore ꝑ ſora luna ele ﬅelle. in celu lai foꝛmate clarite ⁊ p̄tioſe ⁊ belle.

c. 1226, Francis of Assisi, Cantico delle creature [Canticle of the Creatures]; copied, (manuscript), c. mid 13ᵗʰ century, page 2:

Praised be you, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars; in heaven you have made them clear and precious and beautiful.

["][…] tutto l’oro ch’è sotto la luna
e che già fu, di quest’anime stanche
non poterebbe farne posare una".

1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VII”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 64–66; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2ⁿᵈ revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

" […] all the gold that is—and ever was—under the Moon couldn't make a single one of these tired souls rest."

Nel cerchio de la luna a menar t’aggio,
che dei pianeti a noi piú prossima erra,
perché la medicina che può saggio
rendere Orlando, lá dentro si serra.

1516–1532, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto 34”, in Orlando furioso, stanza 67; republished as Santorre Debenedetti, editor, Bari: Laterza, 1928:

I shall lead you to the circle of the Moon—which, among the planets, wanders closest to us—for the medicine that can make Orlando wise is hidden in there.

crīnītus Iōpās […] canit errantem lūnam sōlisque labōres

mid 1560s [29–19 BCE], “Libro primo”, in Annibale Caro, transl., Eneide, translation of Aeneis by Publius Vergilius Maro (in Classical Latin), lines 1204, 1207–1208; republished as L’Eneide di Virgilio^(https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Eneide_(Caro)), Florence: G. Barbera, 1892:

The blond-haired Iopas […] sang of the straightforwardly contorted ways which make the Moon errant, and the Sun dark

αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα σάκος μέγα τε στιβαρόν τε
εἵλετο, τοῦ δ’ ἀπάνευθε σέλας γένετ’ ἠΰτε μήνης.
ὡς δ’ ὅτ’ ἂν ἐκ πόντοιο σέλας ναύτῃσι φανήῃ
καιομένοιο πυρός, τό τε καίεται ὑψόθ’ ὄρεσφι
σταθμῷ ἐν οἰοπόλῳ […]

1810 [c. 8ᵗʰ century BCE], “Libro XIX”, in Vincenzo Monti, transl., Iliade, translation of Ῑ̓λιάς (Īliás, Iliad) by Homer (in Epic Greek), lines 373–376; republished as Iliade di Omero^(https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Iliade_(Monti)), 4ᵗʰ edition, Milan: Società tipografica dei classici italiani, 1825:

he [Achilles] took up his shield, which—immense and steady—shone from the distance, as the Moon, or as a fire, appearing to seafarers upon a tall, lonely mountaintop

autàr épeita sákos méga te stibarón te
heíleto, toû d’ apáneuthe sélas génet’ ēǘte mḗnēs.
hōs d’ hót’ àn ek póntoio sélas naútēisi phanḗēi
kaioménoio purós, tó te kaíetai hupsóth’ óresphi
stathmôi en oiopólōi […]


Sirrah

(astronomy) Sirrah, synonymous name of Alpheratz (a binary star)


Sole

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥
Latin sōl
Italian Sole
Inherited from Latin sōlem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥. Cognates include Greek ήλιος (ílios), Icelandic sól, Hindi सूर्य (sūrya), and Russian со́лнце (sólnce).

etymon

(astronomy) Sun (star the Earth revolves around)


Toro

(astronomy) Taurus (constellation of the Zodiac)


auge

From Arabic أَوْج (ʔawj), from Persian اوگ (owg). Compare Catalan and Spanish auge.


vespero

(astronomy) Venus, evening star, Hesperus, Vesper


-ide

it-noun

-ide f (noun-forming suffix, plural -idi)

From Latin -is f (genitive: -idis), from Ancient Greek -ῐς f (-ĭs) (genitive: -ῐδος (-ĭdos); plural: -ῐδες (-ĭdes)).

Perseo (“Perseus”) + -ide → perseide (“Perseid”)


aerolite

aeroliti (plural)
aerolito (alternative)
aereolito (alternative uncommon)


Algol

From Arabic اَلْغُول (al-ḡūl, “the ghoul”).

(astronomy) Algol (binary star in the constellation of Perseus)


Alpheratz

From Arabic سُرَّة اَلْفَرَس (surra(t) al-faras, “the horse's navel”) (referring to Pegasus), from سُرَّة (surra, “navel”) + فَرَس (faras, “horse, steed”).

der

سُرَّة اَلْفَرَس

(astronomy) Alpheratz (the brightest star in the constellation of Andromeda)


Fomalhaut

Borrowed from Arabic فَمُ الْحُوت (famu l-ḥūt, literally “the fish mouth”).

bor+

فَمُ الْحُوت


Acquario

(astronomy, astrology) Aquarius (constellation)


Pesci

From pesci (“fishes”), plural of pesce. Astronomy/Astrology sense is a calque of New Latin Pisces.

(astronomy, astrology) Pisces (constellation)


Phobos

(astronomy) alternative form of Fobos (“Phobos (natural satellite)”)


Deimos

From Ancient Greek Δεῖμος (Deîmos), from δειμός (deimós, “fear”).


astro

Borrowed from Latin astrum, from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron), from ἀστήρ (astḗr), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”), from the root *h₂eHs- (“to burn”, “to glow”).


chioma

From Vulgar Latin *cloma, through metathesis and syncopation of Latin comula (“pretty hair”), diminutive of coma (“hair of the head”).


effemeride

effemeridi (plural)
efemeride (alternative)


dì

From the older form die, from Latin diēs, back-formed from the accusative diem (whose vowel was once long), from Proto-Italic *djēm, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“heaven, sky”).


pianetino

(astronomy) planetoid, asteroid, minor planet, dwarf planet


equazione

(mathematics, chemistry, astronomy) equation


stazione

it-noun

stazione f or (archaic) m (plural stazioni)

stazioni (plural)
statione (alternative)

→ Maltese: stazzjon

Learned borrowing from Latin statiōnem. Doublet of stagione, stazzo, stazzone, and stazio, of which the first three were inherited from Latin, while the last was borrowed.

doublet

(astronomy) station (apparent standing still of a superior planet)


traccia

Deverbal from tracciare (“to mark out; to sketch”) + -a.

it-deverbal

traccia di Hayashi

(astronomy) luminosity–temperature relationship between stars


macula

Borrowed from Latin macula, whence also the inherited doublet macchia.


Capricorno

(astronomy, astrology) Capricornus (sea-goat constellation)


Vergine

(astrology, astronomy) the Virgo astrological sign (symbol ♍)


Bilancia

(astronomy, astrology) Libra (constellation)


Scorpione

(astronomy, astrology) Scorpius (constellation)


Sagittario

(astronomy, astrology) Sagittarius (constellation)


magnitudine

Borrowed from Latin magnitūdinem. Doublet of magnitudo.

(astronomy) magnitude (apparent brightness of a star)


traslare

it-verb

traslàre (first-person singular present tràslo, first-person singular past historic traslài, past participle traslàto, auxiliary avére)

traslàre (canonical)
tràslo (first-person present singular)
traslài (first-person historic past singular)
traslàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
traslàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
traslàndo (gerund)
traslànte (participle present)
traslàto (participle past)
tràslo (first-person indicative present singular)
tràsli (indicative present second-person singular)
tràsla (indicative present singular third-person)
trasliàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
traslàte (indicative plural present second-person)
tràslano (indicative plural present third-person)
traslàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
traslàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
traslàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
traslavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
traslavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
traslàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
traslài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
traslàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
traslò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
traslàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
traslàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
traslàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
traslerò (first-person future indicative singular)
traslerài (future indicative second-person singular)
traslerà (future indicative singular third-person)
traslerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
trasleréte (future indicative plural second-person)
traslerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
traslerèi (conditional first-person singular)
traslerésti (conditional second-person singular)
traslerèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
traslerébbe (conditional singular third-person)
traslerémmo (conditional first-person plural)
trasleréste (conditional plural second-person)
traslerèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
traslerébbero (conditional plural third-person)
tràsli (first-person present singular subjunctive)
tràsli (present second-person singular subjunctive)
tràsli (present singular subjunctive third-person)
trasliàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
trasliàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
tràslino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
traslàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
traslàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
traslàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
traslàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
traslàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
traslàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
tràsla (imperative second-person singular)
tràsli (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
trasliàmo (first-person imperative plural)
traslàte (imperative plural second-person)
tràslino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
traslàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
tràsli (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
trasliàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
traslàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
tràslino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(intransitive, astronomy) to transit [auxiliary avere]


falce

Inherited from Latin falcem, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelk-, *dʰelg- (“a cutting tool”). Compare French faux.


collassare

a􂀿transitive or intransitive􂁀:e􂀿also when intransitive􂁀/à

collassàre (first-person singular present collàsso, first-person singular past historic collassài, past participle collassàto, auxiliary (transitive or intransitive) avére or (also when intransitive) èssere)

collassàre (canonical)
collàsso (first-person present singular)
collassài (first-person historic past singular)
collassàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary intransitive transitive)
èssere (auxiliary intransitive)
collassàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary intransitive transitive)
èssere (auxiliary intransitive)
collassàndo (gerund)
collassànte (participle present)
collassàto (participle past)
collàsso (first-person indicative present singular)
collàssi (indicative present second-person singular)
collàssa (indicative present singular third-person)
collassiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
collassàte (indicative plural present second-person)
collàssano (indicative plural present third-person)
collassàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
collassàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
collassàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
collassavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
collassavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
collassàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
collassài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
collassàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
collassò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
collassàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
collassàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
collassàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
collasserò (first-person future indicative singular)
collasserài (future indicative second-person singular)
collasserà (future indicative singular third-person)
collasserémo (first-person future indicative plural)
collasseréte (future indicative plural second-person)
collasserànno (future indicative plural third-person)
collasserèi (conditional first-person singular)
collasserésti (conditional second-person singular)
collasserèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
collasserébbe (conditional singular third-person)
collasserémmo (conditional first-person plural)
collasseréste (conditional plural second-person)
collasserèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
collasserébbero (conditional plural third-person)
collàssi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
collàssi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
collàssi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
collassiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
collassiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
collàssino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
collassàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
collassàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
collassàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
collassàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
collassàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
collassàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
collàssa (imperative second-person singular)
collàssi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
collassiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
collassàte (imperative plural second-person)
collàssino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
collassàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
collàssi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
collassiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
collassàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
collàssino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(intransitive, also figurative, astronomy) to collapse [auxiliary avere or essere]


stella cadente

it-noun

stella cadente f (plural stelle cadenti)


dragone

From earlier *dracone, from Latin dracōnem, accusative of dracō, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn). Compare drago, from the nominative.

(astronomy, usually capitalized) Draco (constellation)


Boote

(astronomy) Boötes (boreal sky constellation called bear-guard or herdsman)


eliosismologia

eliosismologia f (plural eliosismologie)


galassia spirale

galassia spirale f (plural galassie spirali)


eclissi solare

eclissi solare f (plural eclissi solari)

eclissi solari (plural)
eclisse solare (alternative)


eclissi lunare

eclissi lunare f (plural eclissi lunari)

eclissi lunari (plural)
eclisse lunare (alternative)


protuberanza solare

protuberanza solare f (plural protuberanze solari)


apogeo

Learned borrowing from Latin apogaeum, from Ancient Greek ἀπόγειον (apógeion, “away from Earth”), from ἀπό (apó, “away”) + γῆ (gê, “Earth”)


azimut

From Arabic اَلسُّمُوت pl (as-sumūt, “the directions”).


eclissare

it-verb

eclissàre (first-person singular present eclìsso, first-person singular past historic eclissài, past participle eclissàto, auxiliary avére)

eclissàre (canonical)
eclìsso (first-person present singular)
eclissài (first-person historic past singular)
eclissàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
eclissàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
eclissàndo (gerund)
eclissànte (participle present)
eclissàto (participle past)
eclìsso (first-person indicative present singular)
eclìssi (indicative present second-person singular)
eclìssa (indicative present singular third-person)
eclissiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
eclissàte (indicative plural present second-person)
eclìssano (indicative plural present third-person)
eclissàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
eclissàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
eclissàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
eclissavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
eclissavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
eclissàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
eclissài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
eclissàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
eclissò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
eclissàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
eclissàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
eclissàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
eclisserò (first-person future indicative singular)
eclisserài (future indicative second-person singular)
eclisserà (future indicative singular third-person)
eclisserémo (first-person future indicative plural)
eclisseréte (future indicative plural second-person)
eclisserànno (future indicative plural third-person)
eclisserèi (conditional first-person singular)
eclisserésti (conditional second-person singular)
eclisserèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
eclisserébbe (conditional singular third-person)
eclisserémmo (conditional first-person plural)
eclisseréste (conditional plural second-person)
eclisserèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
eclisserébbero (conditional plural third-person)
eclìssi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
eclìssi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
eclìssi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
eclissiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
eclissiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
eclìssino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
eclissàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
eclissàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
eclissàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
eclissàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
eclissàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
eclissàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
eclìssa (imperative second-person singular)
eclìssi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
eclissiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
eclissàte (imperative plural second-person)
eclìssino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
eclissàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
eclìssi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
eclissiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
eclissàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
eclìssino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(transitive, astronomy, also figurative) to eclipse


Polluce

From Latin Pollūx, from Ancient Greek Πολυδεύκης (Poludeúkēs).


brillamento solare

it-noun

brillamento solare m (plural brillamenti solari)


geocentrico

it-adj

geocentrico (feminine geocentrica, masculine plural geocentrici, feminine plural geocentriche)

geocentrica (feminine)
geocentrici (masculine plural)
geocentriche (feminine plural)


nettuniano

nettuniano (feminine nettuniana, masculine plural nettuniani, feminine plural nettuniane)

nettuniana (feminine)
nettuniani (masculine plural)
nettuniane (feminine plural)


nucleocosmocronologia

it-noun

nucleocosmocronologia f (plural nucleocosmocronologie)


perigeo

Borrowed from Ancient Greek περίγειος (perígeios).


sinodico

it-adj

sinodico (feminine sinodica, masculine plural sinodici, feminine plural sinodiche)

sinodica (feminine)
sinodici (masculine plural)
sinodiche (feminine plural)


supergranulazione

it-noun

supergranulazione f (plural supergranulazioni)


supergranulo

supergranulation cell
supergranulation cell

(astronomy) supergranule, supergranulation cell


nutazione

Borrowed from Latin nūtātiōnem (“nodding, swaying”).

bor+

(astronomy) any of several irregularities in the precession of the equinoxes caused by varying torque applied to the Earth by the Sun and the Moon


nebulosa planetaria

it-noun

nebulosa planetaria f (plural nebulose planetarie)


extragalattico

it-adj

extragalattico (feminine extragalattica, masculine plural extragalattici, feminine plural extragalattiche)

extragalattica (feminine)
extragalattici (masculine plural)
extragalattiche (feminine plural)
estragalattico (alternative)


corpo celeste

(astronomy) celestial body, heavenly body


oggetto celeste

it-noun

oggetto celeste m (plural oggetti celesti)


Cerere

it:Cerere
it:Cerere (astronomia)
it:Cerere (disambigua)


ipernova

ipernova f (plural ipernove or ipernovae)


Fobos

From Ancient Greek Φόβος (Phóbos), from φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).

it:Fobos (astronomia)
it:Fobos (mitologia)

Phobos (alternative)
Fobo (alternative)
Phobos (alternative)


astrodinamica

(physics, astronomy) astrodynamics (orbital mechanics)


kepleriano

it-adj

kepleriano (feminine kepleriana, masculine plural kepleriani, feminine plural kepleriane)

kepleriana (feminine)
kepleriani (masculine plural)
kepleriane (feminine plural)


ortivo

ortivo (feminine ortiva, masculine plural ortivi, feminine plural ortive)

ortiva (feminine)
ortivi (masculine plural)
ortive (feminine plural)


crono-

From Ancient Greek Κρόνος (Krónos, “Cronus”).

crono- + secante → cronosecante


archeoastronomia

it-noun

archeoastronomia f (plural archeoastronomie)


vento stellare

vento stellare m (plural venti stellari)


cosmografico

it-adj

cosmografico (feminine cosmografica, masculine plural cosmografici, feminine plural cosmografiche)

cosmografica (feminine)
cosmografici (masculine plural)
cosmografiche (feminine plural)


selenografico

selenografico (feminine selenografica, masculine plural selenografici, feminine plural selenografiche)

selenografica (feminine)
selenografici (masculine plural)
selenografiche (feminine plural)


astrometrico

astrometrico (feminine astrometrica, masculine plural astrometrici, feminine plural astrometriche)

astrometrica (feminine)
astrometrici (masculine plural)
astrometriche (feminine plural)

From astrometria + -ico. By surface analysis, astro- + -metrico.


epiciclo

Learned borrowing from Late Latin epicy̆clus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίκυκλος (epíkuklos). By surface analysis, epi- + ciclo.


stella binaria

it-noun

stella binaria f (plural stelle binarie)


astrofotografia

astrofotografia f (plural astrofotografie)


astrofotografo

astrofotografo m (plural astrofotografi, feminine astrofotografa)

astrofotografi (plural)
astrofotografa (feminine)


astrogeologo

astrogeologo m (plural astrogeologi, feminine astrogeologa)

astrogeologi (plural)
astrogeologa (feminine)


radioastronomo

radioastronomo m (plural radioastronomi)


radiotelescopio

radiotelescopio m (plural radiotelescopi)


retrogradare

it-verb

retrogradàre (first-person singular present retrògrado, first-person singular past historic retrogradài, past participle retrogradàto, no auxiliary)

retrogradàre (canonical)
retrògrado (first-person present singular)
retrogradài (first-person historic past singular)
retrogradàto (participle past)
retrogradàre (infinitive)
retrogradàndo (gerund)
retrogradànte (participle present)
retrogradàto (participle past)
retrògrado (first-person indicative present singular)
retrògradi (indicative present second-person singular)
retrògrada (indicative present singular third-person)
retrogradiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
retrogradàte (indicative plural present second-person)
retrògradano (indicative plural present third-person)
retrogradàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
retrogradàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
retrogradàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
retrogradavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
retrogradavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
retrogradàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
retrogradài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
retrogradàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
retrogradò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
retrogradàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
retrogradàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
retrogradàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
retrograderò (first-person future indicative singular)
retrograderài (future indicative second-person singular)
retrograderà (future indicative singular third-person)
retrograderémo (first-person future indicative plural)
retrograderéte (future indicative plural second-person)
retrograderànno (future indicative plural third-person)
retrograderèi (conditional first-person singular)
retrograderésti (conditional second-person singular)
retrograderèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
retrograderébbe (conditional singular third-person)
retrograderémmo (conditional first-person plural)
retrograderéste (conditional plural second-person)
retrograderèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
retrograderébbero (conditional plural third-person)
retrògradi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
retrògradi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
retrògradi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
retrogradiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
retrogradiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
retrògradino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
retrogradàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
retrogradàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
retrogradàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
retrogradàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
retrogradàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
retrogradàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
retrògrada (imperative second-person singular)
retrògradi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
retrogradiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
retrogradàte (imperative plural second-person)
retrògradino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
retrogradàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
retrògradi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
retrogradiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
retrogradàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
retrògradino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)


lunisolare

From luna (“moon”) + sole (“sun”), on the example of solare (“solar”).


coorbitale

coorbitali (plural)
co-orbitale (alternative)


co-orbitale

co-orbitali (plural)
coorbitale (alternative)


planetoide

From planet (“borrowed from English”) + -oide.


coluro

From Latin colurus, from Ancient Greek κόλουρος (kólouros, “truncated”).


astroinformatica

it-noun

astroinformatica f (plural astroinformatiche)


astrostatistica

astrostatistica f (plural astrostatistiche)


unità astronomica

unità astronomica f (plural unità astronomiche)


inflazionario

it-adj

inflazionario (feminine inflazionaria, masculine plural inflazionari, feminine plural inflazionarie)

inflazionaria (feminine)
inflazionari (masculine plural)
inflazionarie (feminine plural)


disco di accrescimento

it-noun

disco di accrescimento m (plural dischi di accrescimento)

(astronomy) accretion disc / accretion disk


tauro

Learned borrowing from Classical Latin taurus, from Proto-Italic *tauros, from Proto-Indo-European *táwros. Doublet of toro, which is inherited.

lbor

Ora era onde ’l salir non volea storpio; / ché ’l sole avëa il cerchio di merigge / lasciato al Tauro e la notte a lo Scorpio:

1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXV”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory], lines 1–3; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2ⁿᵈ revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

The time was such that there needed not be hesitation in the ascent; for the sun had left the meridian circle to the Taurus, and the night to the Scorpio.

synonym of toro:
(astronomy) Taurus (constellation)


uranografia

Borrowed from Latin ūranographia, from Ancient Greek οὐρανογραφία (ouranographía) from οὐρᾰνός (ourănós, “sky, heaven”) + -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā). By surface analysis, urano- + -grafia.

der

οὐρανογραφία


uranografo

it-noun

uranografo m (plural uranografi, feminine uranografa)

uranografi (plural)
uranografa (feminine)

From urano- + -grafo, from Ancient Greek οὐρανός (ouranós, “sky, heaven”) and -γράφος (-gráphos). Compare Latin ūranographus.


Pavone

Italianized from Sicilian Pavuni, a surname derived from pavuni. Cf. Pavone Canavese and Pavullo nel Frignano.


stella del mattino

it-noun

stella del mattino f (plural stelle del mattino)


stella della sera

stella della sera f (plural stelle della sera)

(astronomy) evening star; the planet Venus as seen in the western sky in the evening

(astronomy) evening star; any star seen in the evening, especially the planets Mercury and Jupiter


cometario

it-adj

cometario (feminine cometaria, masculine plural cometari, feminine plural cometarie)

cometaria (feminine)
cometari (masculine plural)
cometarie (feminine plural)


bolometrico

bolometrico (feminine bolometrica, masculine plural bolometrici, feminine plural bolometriche)

bolometrica (feminine)
bolometrici (masculine plural)
bolometriche (feminine plural)


transnettuniano

transnettuniano (feminine transnettuniana, masculine plural transnettuniani, feminine plural transnettuniane)

transnettuniana (feminine)
transnettuniani (masculine plural)
transnettuniane (feminine plural)


almagesto

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْمَجِسْطِي (al-majisṭī, “almagest”), which is an addition of the Arabic definite article to a transliteration of Ancient Greek μεγίστη (megístē, “greatest”).

bor+

اَلْمَجِسْطِي


astrografico

it-adj

astrografico (feminine astrografica, masculine plural astrografici, feminine plural astrografiche)

astrografica (feminine)
astrografici (masculine plural)
astrografiche (feminine plural)


hubble

(astronomy) Hubble length (approximately 13.8 billion light years)


uranografico

uranografico (feminine uranografica, masculine plural uranografici, feminine plural uranografiche)

uranografica (feminine)
uranografici (masculine plural)
uranografiche (feminine plural)


uranometrico

uranometrico (feminine uranometrica, masculine plural uranometrici, feminine plural uranometriche)

uranometrica (feminine)
uranometrici (masculine plural)
uranometriche (feminine plural)

From uranometria + -ico. By surface analysis, urano- + -metrico.


nubecola

Learned borrowing from Latin nūbēcula, diminutive of nūbēs (“cloud”).


mezzocielo

(astronomy) intersection of the meridian of a given place with the celestial equator


areografia

From Ancient Greek Ἄρης (Árēs) + -grafia.


cintura asteroidale

it-noun

cintura asteroidale f (plural cinture asteroidali)


anno luce

(astronomy) light year (distance that light travels in vacuum in one Julian year (365.25 days) or 9.461 trillion kilometres)


Mirach

From Arabic مَرَاقّ (marāqq, “back, rear of the body”).

der

(astronomy) Mirach (the second brightest star in the constellation of Andromeda)


almucantarat

Borrowed from Arabic المُقَنْطَرَات (al-muqanṭarāt, “circles of celestial latitude”), formed from the plural of قَنْطَرَة (qanṭara, “arch”).

bor+

المُقَنْطَرَات


Almach

From Arabic العَنَاقُ الأَرْض (al-ʕanāqu l-ʔarḍ, “caracal, desert lynx”).

der

العَنَاقُ الأَرْض

(astronomy) Almach (the third brightest point of light in the constellation of Andromeda)


Metone

From Latin Methone, from Ancient Greek Μεθώνη (Methṓnē).


legge di Hubble

it-noun

legge di Hubble f (plural leggi di Hubble)


equinozio d'autunno

equinozio d'autunno m (plural equinozi d'autunno)

(astronomy) autumnal equinox (the first point of Libra)


equinozio di primavera

equinozio di primavera m (plural equinozi di primavera)

(astronomy) vernal equinox (the first point of Aries)


solstizio d'estate

solstizio d'estate m (plural solstizi d'estate)


solstizio d'inverno

solstizio d'inverno m (plural solstizi d'inverno)


Orsa minore

(astronomy) Ursa minor, Little Bear, Little Dipper (constellation)


Orsa maggiore

(astronomy) Charles' Wain (constellation)


Corona boreale

(astronomy) Corona Borealis (constellation)

(astronomy) Northern Crown (constellation)


Corona australe

(astronomy) Corona Australis (constellation)

(astronomy) Southern Crown (constellation)


Triangolo Australe

(astronomy) Triangulum Australe (constellation)

(astronomy) Southern Triangle (constellation)


Croce del Sud

(astronomy) Southern Cross (constellation)


luna crescente

luna crescente f (plural lune crescenti)

(astronomy) waxing moon, crescent moon, young moon


gibbosa crescente

gibbosa crescente f (plural gibbose crescenti)


gibbosa calante

gibbosa calante f (plural gibbose calanti)


espulsione di massa coronale

espulsione di massa coronale f (plural espulsioni di massa coronali)

coronal mass ejection
coronal mass ejection


super brillamento

super brillamento m (plural super brillamenti)


velocità radiale

velocità radiale f (plural velocità radiali)


aberrazione della luce

aberrazione della luce f (plural aberrazioni della luce)


anno giuliano

(historical, astronomy) Julian year (365.25 days)


sistema tolemaico

sistema tolemaico m (plural sistemi tolemaici)


Ultima Thule

Unadapted borrowing from English Ultima Thule, from Latin ultima Thūlē (literally “farthest Thule”).


planetologico

it-adj

planetologico (feminine planetologica, masculine plural planetologici, feminine plural planetologiche)

planetologica (feminine)
planetologici (masculine plural)
planetologiche (feminine plural)


radarastronomia

it-noun

radarastronomia f (plural radarastronomie)


radioemissione

radioemissione f (plural radioemissioni)

(astronomy) radio emission (typically from a star)


selenologico

it-adj

selenologico (feminine selenologica, masculine plural selenologici, feminine plural selenologiche)

selenologica (feminine)
selenologici (masculine plural)
selenologiche (feminine plural)


stella a flare

it-noun

stella a flare f (plural stelle a flare)

Le variabili eruttive e le stelle a flare sono sconvolte da fenomeni come eruzioni ed esplosioni

1988, Franco Foresta Martin, Laboratorio di astronomia, Bari: Edizioni Dedalo spa, page 119:

Eruptive variables and flare stars are perturbed by phenomena such as eruptions and explosions

(astronomy) flare star (star that can undergo unpredictable dramatic increases in brightness)


stella a guizzo

stella a guizzo f (plural stelle a guizzo)