MESSIER

Meaning of MESSIER in English

/mes"ee ay'/ ; Fr. /me syay"/ , n.

Charles /shannrddl/ , 1730-1817, French astronomer.

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MESSIER — biographical name Charles 1730-1817 French astronomer
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MESSIER — biographical name Charles 1730-1817 French astronomer
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MESSIER — Messier
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MESSIER — Messier
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MESSIER — adj. Pronunciation: m ā s- ' y ā , ' me-s ē - ˌ ā Function: biographical name Charles 1730-1817 …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MESSIER CATALOG — List of about 109 star clusters, nebula e, and galaxies compiled by the French astronomer Charles Messier (1730–1817), who discovered …
Английский словарь Британика
MESSIER NUMBER — Astron. a number (preceded by M) designating the 109 double stars, clusters, nebulae, and galaxies in the Messier catalog.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MESSIER CATALOG — Astron. a catalog of nonstellar objects compiled by Charles Messier in 1784 and later slightly extended, now known to contain …
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MESSIER, CHARLES — born June 26, 1730, Badonviller, France died April 12, 1817, Paris French astronomer who was the first to compile a …
Britannica English vocabulary
MESSIER CATALOG — (M), in astronomy, list of approximately 109 star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies compiled by Charles Messier, who discovered many of …
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MESSIER CATALOG — List of about 109 star clusters, nebula e, and galaxies compiled by the French astronomer Charles Messier (17301817), who discovered …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MESSY — adjective (messier; -est) Date: 1843 marked by confusion, disorder, or dirt ; untidy , lacking neatness or precision ; careless …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MESSY — — messiness , n. /mes"ee/ , adj., messier, messiest . 1. characterized by a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MESSY — ■ adjective ( messier , messiest ) 1》 untidy or dirty. 2》 confused and difficult to deal with. Derivatives messily …
Concise Oxford English vocab
M — M 1 (also m ) ■ noun ( plural Ms or M's ) 1》 the thirteenth letter of the alphabet. …
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PARSEC — unit for expressing distances to stars and galaxies, used by professional astronomers. It represents the distance at which the radius …
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FJORD — also spelled Fiord, long narrow arm of the sea, commonly extending far inland, that results from marine inundation of a …
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NEW GENERAL CATALOGUE OF NEBULAE AND CLUSTERS OF STARS — (NGC), basic reference list of star clusters, nebulas, and galaxies. It was compiled in 1888 by Danish astronomer Johan Ludvig …
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MECHAIN, PIERRE (-FRANOIS-ANDR) — born Aug. 16, 1744, Laon, Fr. died Sept. 20, 1804, Castelln de la Plana, Spain French astronomer and hydrographer who, …
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M — abbreviation of Messier catalog (q.v.), an astronomical listing.
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FLORIDOR — original name Josias De Soulas, Sieur (lord) De Prinefosse born 1608?, the Brie district, Fr. died August 1671, Paris French …
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CRAB NEBULA — (catalog numbers NGC 1952 and M1), probably the most intensely studied bright nebula, in the constellation Taurus, about 5,000 light-years …
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COSMOS — Hubble inferred a uniformity in the spatial distribution of galaxies through number counts in deep photographic surveys of selected areas …
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BOCHART DE SARON, JEAN-BAPTISTE-GASPARD — born Jan. 16, 1730, Paris, France died April 20, 1794, Paris French lawyer and natural scientist who became especially known …
Britannica English vocabulary
MESSY — mess ‧ y S3 /ˈmesi/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative messier , superlative messiest ) 1 . dirty or untidy: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MESSY — adj. (messier, messiest) 1 untidy or dirty. 2 causing or accompanied by a mess. 3 difficult to deal with; full …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MESSY — adj. (messier, messiest) 1 untidy or dirty. 2 causing or accompanied by a mess. 3 difficult to deal with; full …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MESSY — adj. (messier, messiest) 1. untidy or dirty. 2 causing or accompanied by a mess. 3 difficult to deal with; full …
Oxford English vocab
MESSY — ( messier, messiest) 1. A messy person or activity makes things dirty or untidy. She was a good, if messy, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MESSY — (messier, messiest) 1. A ~ person or activity makes things dirty or untidy. She was a good, if ~, cook... …
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