EPHEMERIS

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A diary; a journal. Johnson.

2.
n.

A publication giving the computed places of the heavenly bodies for each day of the year, with other numerical data, for the use of the astronomer and navigator; an astronomical almanac; as, the "American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac."

3.
n.

Any tabular statement of the assigned places of a heavenly body, as a planet or comet, on several successive days.

4.
n.

A collective name for reviews, magazines, and all kinds of periodical literature. Brande & C.


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