different between stellar vs sidereal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin st?ll?ris.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?st?l?/
• (General American) enPR: st?l'?r, IPA^(key): /?st?l?/
• Rhymes: -?l?(?)
• Hyphenation: stel?lar

Adjective

stellar (comparative more stellar, superlative most stellar)

1. (astronomy, not comparable) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars.

   Synonyms: astral, starly

2. Heavenly.
3. (by extension) Exceptional.

   Synonym: wonderful

Derived terms

• stellar nursery

Translations

Anagrams

• Staller, staller

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st??la???/
• Rhymes: -a???

Adjective

stellar (not comparable)

1. stellar (relating to the stars)

Declension

Derived terms

• interstellar

Further reading

• “stellar” in Duden online

English

Alternative forms

• sideral

Etymology

From Latin s?dereus, from s?dus (“star”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sa??d???.i.?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /sa??d??.i.l?/
• or

Adjective

sidereal (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the stars.
   • 1919, Hector Macpherson, S.Chapman (series editor), Men of Science: Herschel, Chapter V,

     The field of sidereal astronomy, therefore, was virtually untrodden when, shortly after the beginning of his telescopic work, Herschel began his first review of the heavens.

2. (astronomy) Relating to a measurement of time relative to the position of the stars.
   • 1903, Percival Lowell, The Solar System, Chapter I,

     Then, from a sufficient number of observations of synodic periods to give their mean, we obtain the sidereal period, or period with reference to the stars.

3. (astronomy) Relating to a measurement of time relative to the point of the vernal equinox.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• realised, resailed, serialed