ephemerides

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UK/ˌɛfɪˈmɛɹɪdiːz/US/ˌɛfəˈmɛɹədiz/

noun

An ephemeris.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of ephemeris
noun
  1. plural taken as singularAn ephemeris.

    Or let him [that is melancholy] calculate Sphæricall Triangles, caſt a Natiuity, make an Ephemerides, read Suiſſet the Calculators vvorkes, Scaliger de emendatione temporum, till he vnderſtand it, read Scotus and Suarez Metaphyſicks, or Schoole Divinity, Occam, Entisberus, Durand &c.

    1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Exercise rectified of Body and Minde”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 2, section 2, member 4, page 236
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APA

ephemerides. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ephemerides

MLA

“ephemerides.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ephemerides. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ephemerides,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ephemerides.

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