Part 729

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A stereographic projection of the sphere on the plane of a great circle, as the equator, or a meridian; a planisphere.</def>

<i>Whewell.</i>

<h1>Astrolater</h1> <Xpage=94>

<hw>As*trol"a*ter</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A worshiper of the stars.</def>

<i>Morley.</i>

<h1>Astrolatry</h1> <Xpage=94>

<hw>As*trol"a*try</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Astro-</ets> + Gr. <?/ service, worship: cf. F. <ets>astrol\'83trie</ets>.]</ety> <def>The worship of the stars.</def>

<h1>Astrolithology</h1> <Xpage=94>

<hw>As`tro*li*thol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Astro-</ets> + <ets>lithology</ets>.]</ety> <def>The science of a\'89rolites.</def>

<h1>Astrologer</h1> <Xpage=94>

<hw>As*trol"o*ger</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Astrology</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who studies the stars; an astronomer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who practices astrology; one who professes to foretell events by the aspects and situation of the stars.</def>

<h1>Astrologian</h1> <Xpage=94>

<hw>As`tro*lo"gi*an</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>astrologien</ets>.]</ety> <def>An astrologer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Astrologic, Astrological</h1> <Xpage=94>

<hw><hw>As`tro*log"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>As`tro*log"ic*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to astrology; professing or practicing astrology.</def> "<i>Astrologi<?/</i> learning." <i>Hudibras</i>. "<i>Astrological</i> prognostication." <i>Cudworth</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>As`tro*log"ic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Astrologize</h1> <Xpage=94>

<hw>As*trol"o*gize</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <def>To apply astrology to; to study or practice astrology.</def>

<h1>Astrology</h1> <Xpage=94>

<hw>As*trol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>astrologie</ets>, L. <ets>astrologia</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ astronomer, astrologer; <?/ star + <?/ discourse, <?/ to speak. See <er>Star</er>.]</ety> <def>In its etymological signification, the science of the stars; among the ancients, synonymous with <i>astronomy</i>; subsequently, the art of judging of the influences of the stars upon human affairs, and of foretelling events by their position and aspects.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Astrology</i> was much in vogue during the Middle Ages, and became the parent of modern astronomy, as alchemy did of chemistry. It was divided into two kinds: <i>judicial astrology</i>, which assumed to foretell the fate and acts of nations and individuals, and <i>natural astrology</i>, which undertook to predict events of inanimate nature, such as changes of the weather, etc.</note>

<h1>Astromantic</h1> <Xpage=94>

<hw>As`tro*man"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ astrology.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to divination by means of the stars; astrologic.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>

<h1>Astrometeorology</h1> <Xpage=94>

<hw>As`tro*me`te*or*ol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Astro-</ets> + <ets>meteorology</ets>.]</ety> <def>The investigation of the relation between the sun, moon, and stars, and the weather.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>As`*tro*me`te*or`o*log"ic*al</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> -- <wf>As`tro*me`te*or*ol"o*gist</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Astrometer</h1> <Xpage=94>

<hw>As*trom"e*ter</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Astro-</ets> + <ets>meter</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instrument for comparing the relative amount of the light of stars.</def>