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781 Etymology dictionary, p. aspect (n.).2
… the planets as they appear from earth" (i.e., how they "look at" one another); also "one of the ways of viewing something," from Latin aspectus "a seeing, looking at, sight …
782 Etymology dictionary, p. astrology (n.).3
… and planets on human affairs."
783 Etymology dictionary, p. astrologer (n.).3
… of planets on persons and events" is from c. 1600, however during the early Modern English period when astrologer and astronomer began to be differentiated …
784 Etymology dictionary, p. astromancy (n.).2
"astrology, art of judging occult influences of stars and planets on human affairs," 1650s; see astro- + -mancy "divination by means of."
785 Etymology dictionary, p. astronomy (n.).2
… of planets.
786 Etymology dictionary, p. astrophotography (n.).2
"application of photography to the stars, sun, planets, etc.," 1858, from astro- + photography .
787 Etymology dictionary, p. cerium (n.).2
… minor planet, "whose discovery (in 1801) was then one of the most striking facts in physical science" [OED]. The planet was named for the Roman goddess Ceres, from …
788 Etymology dictionary, p. climate (n.).3
… particular planet) or 12 (dominated by zodiac signs).
789 Etymology dictionary, p. combust (v.).2
… for planets when near the sun.
790 Etymology dictionary, p. conjunction (n.).2
… of planets or stars "meeting" in the same part of the sky, from Old French conjonction "union, joining, sexual intercourse" (12c.), from Latin coniunctionem (nominative …
791 Etymology dictionary, p. constellation (n.).2
… (of planets)" and directly from Late Latin constellationem (nominative constellatio ) "a collection of stars," especially as supposed to exert influence on …
792 Etymology dictionary, p. constellation (n.).3
… of planets ("stars") relative to the zodiac signs on a given day, usually the day of one's birth, as a determiner of one's character. "I folwed ay myn inclinacioun …
793 Etymology dictionary, p. Copernicus.2
… the planets revolve about the sun. His great work was "De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium." Related: Copernican (1660s).
794 Etymology dictionary, p. crater (n.).3
… other planets. Meaning "cavity formed by the explosion of a military mine" is from 1839. The Battle of the Crater in the U.S. Civil War was July 30, 1864.
795 Etymology dictionary, p. culminate (v.).2
… or planet, "come to or be on the highest point of altitude; come to or be on the meridian," from Late Latin culminatus past participle of culminare "to top, to crown …
796 Etymology dictionary, p. decile (adj.).2
1670s in astrology, of planets, "one-tenth part of the zodiac distant from one another;" 1882 in statistics; from French décile or Medieval Latin *decilis, from Latin decem "ten" (from PIE root *dekm- "ten") on the model of quintilis, sextilis .
797 Etymology dictionary, p. deferent (adj.).2
… of planets.
798 Etymology dictionary, p. disaster (n.).2
… "star, planet," from Latin astrum, from Greek astron "star" (from PIE root *ster- (2) "star").
799 Etymology dictionary, p. disaster (n.).3
… a planet, and "star" here is probably meant in the astrological sense of "destiny, fortune, fate." Compare Medieval Latin astrum sinistrum "misfortune," literally …
800 Etymology dictionary, p. disposition (n.).3
Meaning "frame of mind, attitude, inclination; temperament, natural tendency or constitution of the mind" (late 14c.) are from astrological use of the word for "position of a planet as a determining influence" (late 14c.). Related: Dispositional .