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Of or pertaining to Astrakhan in Russia or its products; made of an Astrakhan skin. -- n.

Pertaining to, coming from, or resembling, the stars; starry; starlike. Shines only with an astral luster. I. Taylor. Some astral forms I must invoke by prayer. Dryden. Astral lamp, an Argand lamp so constructed that no shadow is cast upon the table by the flattened ring-shaped reservoir in which the oil is contained.…

Of or pertaining to astrology; professing or practicing astrology. "Astrologi learning." Hudibras. "Astrological prognostication." Cudworth. -- As`tro*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

Of or pertaining to divination by means of the stars; astrologic. [R.] Dr. H. More.

Of or pertaining to astronomy; in accordance with the methods or principles of astronomy. -- As`tro*nom"ic*al*ly, adv. Astronomical clock. See under Clock. -- Astronomical day. See under Day. -- Astronomical fractions, Astronomical numbers. See under Sexagesimal.

Pertaining to the physics of astronomical science.

Of or pertaining to Asturias in Spain. -- n.

Pertaining to a remote ancestor, or to atavism.

Of or pertaining to Atella, in ancient Italy; as, Atellan plays; farcical; ribald. -- n.

Of or pertaining to Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria in the 4th century. Athanasian creed, a formulary, confession, or exposition of faith, formerly supposed to have been drawn up by Athanasius; but this opinion is now rejected, and the composition is ascribed by some to Hilary, bishop of Arles (5th century). It is a s…

Pertaining to, implying, or containing, atheism; -- applied to things; as, atheistic doctrines, opinions, or books. Atheistical explications of natural effects. Barrow.

Of or pertaining to Athens, the metropolis of Greece. -- n. A native or citizen of Athens.

Of, pertaining to, or having the nature of, atheroma. Wiseman.

Of or pertaining to athletes or to the exercises practiced by them; as, athletic games or sports.

Of or pertaining to the isle Atlantis, which the ancients allege was sunk, and overwhelmed by the ocean.

Of or pertaining to Mt. Atlas in Libya, and hence applied to the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa on the east and America on the west; as, the Atlantic Ocean (called also the Atlantic); the Atlantic basin; the Atlantic telegraph.

Of or pertaining to atmology. "Atmological laws of heat." Whewell.

Of or pertaining to the atmosphere; of the nature of, or resembling, the atmosphere; as, atmospheric air; the atmospheric envelope of the earth.

Of or pertaining to atoms.

Of or pertaining to atoms; relating to atomism. [R.] It is the object of the mechanical atomistic philosophy to confound synthesis with synartesis. Coleridge.