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Ephemeris
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A diary; a journal. Johnson.
2. 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. Any tabular statement of the assigned places of a heavenly body, as a planet or comet, on several successive days.
4. A collective name for reviews, magazines, and all kinds of periodical literature. Brande & C.