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# astronomical

adjective (astronomical); adverb (astronomically)

«astronomical» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To do with astronomy, the science of stars, planets and space. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astronomical/#m1)
2. (informal) Extremely large, especially about prices or numbers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astronomical/#m2)

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «astronomical» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astronomical/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«astronomical» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/astronomical.html) on Mova free.