adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
body
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But the observations threatened a notion fundamental for many Aristotelians, namely, that all celestial bodies are perfect spheres.
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Some have finials, some have celestial bodies or attached benches.
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Perhaps there was a way to read longitude in the relative positions of the celestial bodies .
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The celestial bodies than proceed to pass through the same series of configurations as they had done countless times before.
sphere
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No one wanted to pay for music; the general feeling was that it should flow free from the celestial spheres .
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This hulking Atlas is carrying the universe upon his shoulders, a hollow orb ringed with the constellations of the celestial sphere .
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Now global dimensions could be set, with authority, by the celestial spheres .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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celestial music
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A marble collage of celestial entities adorned the wall above Demian's head.
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It dominated the world of man and was represented by the celestial firmament.
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The early experiments involve simple angular measurement of the coordinates of celestial objects for star positions, planetary motions etc.
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The satellite, therefore, with its celestial impunity was the perfect platform.
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The second celestial apparition was a faint, pearly cone of light slanting up the eastern sky.
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Then the Sun sank below the rings, so that they framed it with their arches, and the celestial fireworks ceased.
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There was assumed to be a counterpart in human events to every celestial phenomenon.
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This new perception of celestial motion immediately explained numerous daily observations and solved problems of astronomical coherence.