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astro-
- a combining form with the meaning “pertaining to stars or celestial bodies, or to activities, as spaceflight, taking place outside the earth's atmosphere,” used in the formation of compound words:
astronautics; astrophotography.
astro-
combining_form
- indicating a heavenly body, star, or star-shaped structure
astrocyte
astrology
- indicating outer space
astronautics
astro–
- A prefix that means “star” (as in astrophysics ), “celestial body” (as in astronomy ), or “outer space” (as in astronaut ).
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of astro-1
from Greek, from astron star
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Example Sentences
A strange, antique, and classic grove,—nulli penetrabilis astro.
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La Stampa "Un nuovo grande astro della litteratura inglese."
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Salve, rayo perdido del astro deseado, que vienes a alegrar estos desiertos!
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Al fin has brillado ante mis ojos, astro divino, manantial de luz, foco de la vida!
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And I may say of him, as was said of a celebrated poet, Cui unquam poetarum magis proprium fuit subito astro incalescere?
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