si·de·re·al (s -dîr  - l)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or concerned with the stars or constellations; stellar.
2. Measured or determined by means of the apparent daily motion of the stars: sidereal time.
[From Latin s
dereus, from sdus, sder-, constellation, star.] |
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When I told Isabella about a previous high school student of mine who went to Stanford and was admitted largely because of sidereal passions, tracking the stars in a journal each night for years, she was unimpressed.
When I told Isabella about a previous high school student of mine who went to Stanford and was admitted largely because of sidereal passions, tracking the stars in a journal each night for years, she was unimpressed.
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