单词 | astro- |
释义 | astro-a combining form with the meaning “pertaining to stars or celestial bodies, or to activities, as spaceflight, taking place outside the earth's atmosphere,” used in the formation of compound words: astronautics; astrophotography. Compare cosmo-. Origin of astro-<Greek, combining form of ástron a star, constellation, akin to astḗrstar; cf. aster, -aster2 Words nearby astro-astride, astringe, astringent, astringer, astrionics, astro-, astroarchaeology, astrobiology, astroblast, astroblastoma, astrobleme Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for astro-astro- combining formindicating a heavenly body, star, or star-shaped structureastrology; astrocyte indicating outer spaceastronautics Word Origin for astro-from Greek, from astron star Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for astro-astro- A prefix that means star (as in astrophysics), celestial body (as in astronomy), or outer space (as in astronaut). The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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