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noun • (astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit | ||||||||
| 26% | 7 | Obscure phenomenon exciting astronomers? | ||||||
noun • one celestial body obscures another verb • be greater in significance than • cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention | ||||||||
| 26% | 4 | Astronomers' sketches | ||||||
noun • a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it) • (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function) verb • make a map of; show or establish the features of details of • explore or survey for the purpose of making a map • locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences • plan, delineate, or arrange in detail • depict as if on a map • to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets) | ||||||||
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