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# astronomical

«astronomical» in Mova's school dictionary: **To do with astronomy, the science of stars, planets and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (astronomical); adverb (astronomically)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To do with astronomy, the science of stars, planets and space. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astronomical/#m1)

2) (informal) Extremely large, especially about prices or numbers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astronomical/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons, an astronomical unit is the distance from Earth to the Sun, about 150 million kilometres; astronomical events include eclipses. In everyday talk, «astronomical prices» means very, very expensive. In maths, astronomical numbers are huge numbers.

### examples

- The price of the concert tickets was astronomical. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astronomical/#x1)
- An eclipse is an astronomical event. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astronomical/#x2)
- The distances in space are astronomical. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astronomical/#x3)
- The astronomical society meets to look at stars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astronomical/#x4)
- Our phone bill was astronomical this month. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astronomical/#x5)
- An astronomical unit is the distance from Earth to the Sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astronomical/#x6)

### note

Do not confuse with «astrological» (about horoscopes, which is not science). In maths problems, an «astronomical» number is an informal way to say very large; it gives no exact value.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «astronomical» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astronomical/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.