OBSERVATORY


Meaning of OBSERVATORY in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

astronomical

Triangulations on distant hills were attempted, weather records kept, and there was an astronomical observatory .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

the Griffith Observatory

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

As you say, the place is now an observatory , and seemed quite ideal for my project.

Filling in the log is an evening ritual at all bird observatories.

I pressed the button to close the observatory roof and set to work setting up my lights.

The accuracy of global field models depends on the worldwide network of magnetic observatories.

The path was built to serve an observatory that functioned at the top of the Ben at the turn of the century.

The priests guarded their secrets well by living highly secluded lives, usually in monasteries adjacent to their observatories.

The shuttle also will nudge the observatory gently into a slighter higher orbit to extend its lifetime.

Well-satisfied, and by now very hungry, I walked back to the observatory for breakfast.

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