- heavenly body
- ,heavenly `body noun count MAINLY LITERARYa star, planet, or moon
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heavenly body — heavenly bodies N COUNT A heavenly body is a planet, star, moon, or other natural object in space … English dictionary
heavenly body — ► NOUN ▪ a planet, star, or other celestial body … English terms dictionary
heavenly body — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms heavenly body : singular heavenly body plural heavenly bodies mainly literary a star, planet, or moon … English dictionary
heavenly body — noun A natural celestial object, visible in the sky, such as a star, planet, natural satellite, asteroid, comet, the Moon or the Sun. Objects flying or moving in the atmosphere are not usually considered as heavenly bodies … Wiktionary
heavenly body — n. celestial body, planet or star or any of the other objects in the sky … English contemporary dictionary
heavenly body — noun a planet, star, or other celestial body … English new terms dictionary
heavenly body — noun natural objects visible in the sky (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑celestial body • Members of this Topic: ↑twinkle, ↑winkle, ↑scintillate • Hypernyms: ↑natural object … Useful english dictionary
heavenly body — noun (C) a star, planet or the moon … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Diurnal motion of a heavenly body — Diurnal Di*ur nal, a. [L. diurnalis, fr. dies day. See {Deity}, and cf. {Journal}.] 1. Relating to the daytime; belonging to the period of daylight, distinguished from the night; opposed to {nocturnal}; as, diurnal heat; diurnal hours. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
The Heavenly Body — Infobox Film name = The Heavenly Body image size = caption = director = Alexander Hall producer = Arthur Hornblow, Jr. writer = Jacques Théry (story) Harry Kurnitz Michael Arlen Walter Reisch starring = William Powell Hedy Lamarr James Craig Fay… … Wikipedia
