sidereal
adjective/saɪˈdɪriəl/
Frequency rank: #19,575 most common English word
Meaning
of or determined by the stars; relating to the apparent motion or position of stars.
Example sentence
The observatory measured planetary motion using sidereal time rather than solar time.
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