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noun

Ephemeris n. (pl. ephemerides)

A diary; a journal.

(Anat.)

(a)

A publication giving the computed places of the heavenly bodies for each day of the year, with other numerical data, for the use of the astronomer and navigator; an astronomical almanac; as, the "American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac."

(b)

Any tabular statement of the assigned places of a heavenly body, as a planet or comet, on several successive days.

(Literature) A collective name for reviews, magazines, and all kinds of periodical literature.

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Etymology of 'Ephemeris'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Ephemeris" Quotes from Famous Books

... themselves to the making and calculating these Observations they would not find them so very difficult as they at first imagine, especially with the Assistance of the Nautical Almanack and Astronomical Ephemeris, by the help of which the Calculation for finding the Longitude takes up but little more time than that of an Azimuth for finding the Variation of the Compass; but unless this Ephemeris is Published for some time to come, more than either one or 2 Years, it can never be of general use in ...

— Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World • James Cook

Words linked to "Ephemeris" : annual, yearbook, yearly, ephemeris time