An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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A subdivision of meteorology concerned with the total vertical extent of the atmosphere as opposed to the study of the atmosphere near Earth's surface.

Aerology from Gk. aero- "air" + Gk. logia "study of," from legein "to speak".

Javvšenâsi, from Ar. javv "air, atmosphere" + šenâsi "knowledge, knowing," from šenâxtan "to know," from Av./O.Pers. xšnâ "to learn, come to know, know," compare with Skt. jna "to know," Gk. gignoskein "to know, think, judge," L. gnoscere, noscere "to come to know," PIE *gno- "to know."

The science and technology concerned with designing, constructing, and operating machines capable of flying in the atmosphere.

From aeronautic, from Fr. aéronautique, from aéro-, from Gk. aer, → air, + nautique "of ships," from L. nauticus, from Gk. nautikos, from naus "ship" (cognate with Mod.Pers. nâv "ship;" Av./O.Pers. *nāv-, O.Pers. nāviyā- "fleet;" Skt. nau-, nava- "ship, boat;" Gk. naus, neus, L. navis; PIE *nāu- "ship").

Havânavardi, from havâ, → air, + navardi, verbal noun of navardidan "to travel, walk, pass by and over."

The study of processes in the the upper atmosphere, especially of regions of ionized gas, from stratosphere to interplanetary space.

From Gk. aer- "weather" + nomos "arranging, regulating," related to nemein "to deal out," → -nomy.

A suspension of fine solid or liquid particles in a gas.

Aerosol from aero "air" + sol(ution).

Havâlu from havâ "weather" + lu from → luyé, luyeš, → solution.

Relating to the philosophy of → aesthetics.

Adjective from → aesthetics.

1) The branch of philosophy dealing with such notions as the beautiful, the ugly, the sublime, the comic, etc., as applicable to the fine arts, with a view to establishing the meaning and validity of critical judgments concerning works of art, and the principles underlying or justifying such judgments.
2) The study of the mind and emotions in relation to the sense of beauty (Dictionary.com).

From Ger. Ästhetisch or Fr. esthétique, both from Gk. aisthetikos "sensitive, perceptive," from aisthanesthai "to perceive, to feel."

Zibâyik, from zibâ "beautiful, elegant, adorned," → beauty, + -ik, → -ics.

Math.: Of or pertaining to the geometry of → affine transformations. See also: → affine combination, → affine geometry, → affine set, → affinity.

From Fr., from L. affinis "bordering on; neighboring; related."

Karvan, literally "bordering on; possessing border (with); related," from (Bašgard) ker "border, boundary," (Fin Bandar Abbas) karaq "border, edge;" classical Pers. karân, kenâr "boundary, side, edge;" + -van suffix of possession, relation.

A linear combination of vectors in which all the vector coefficients add up to one.

→ affine; → combination.

The study of the properties which are → invariant under → affine transformations.

→ affine; → geometry.

A set → if and only if (iff) for any two points in the → set, the line through them is contained in the set. In other words, for any two points in the set, their → affine combinations are in the set itself.

→ affine; → set.

Any → transformation preserving → collinearity.

→ affine; → transformation.

1) General: A relationship or resemblance.
2) Math.: The state, quality, or fact of being → affine.

→ affine; → -ity.

To state or assert positively; maintain as true.

M.E. affermen, affirmen "to decide upon; to state positively," from O.Fr. afermer "affirm, confirm; strengthen," from L. affirmare "to make steady, strengthen," from → ad- "to" + firmare "strengthen, make firm," from firmus, → firm.

Baedešidan, from bar- "upon, to," + deš, → firm, + infinitive suffix -idan.

The act of affirming or something affirmed.

Verbal noun of → affirm.

A linguistic element added to a word or root to produce a derived or inflected form. General term for → infix, → prefix, → suffix, and → circumfix.

From L. affixus "fastened to," p.p. of affigere "fasten to, attach," from af-, variant of → ad- "to" + figere "fasten."

Vand, variant band "tie, band," present stem of Mod.-Mid./Pers. bastan/vastan "to bind, shut;" Av./O.Pers. band- "to bind, fetter," banda- "band, tie;" cf. Skt. bandh- "to bind, tie, fasten;" PIE *bhendh- "to bind," cf. Ger. binden, E. bind.

Describing a lens or optical system with a convergent power of zero, whose object and image points stretch to infinity. Thus, → afocal system.

Afocal, from → a- + → focal.

Akânun, from a- negation prefix, → a- + kânun, → focus. Bikânun, from bi- negation prefix + kânun, → focus.

An optical system with object and image points at infinity.

→ afocal; → system.

1) Behind in place or position; following behind.
2) Later in time than; in succession to; at the close of (Dictionary.com).

M.E., from O.E. æfter "after, next, following in time," from O.E. of "off," cf. apo- + -ter a comparative suffix.

Pas "after," → back-; pasân with place/time suffix -ân.

1) A broad glowing arc of radiance, sometimes seen high in the western sky at → twilight, caused by the → scattering effect of → fine dust particles suspended in the → upper atmosphere.
2) Lingering → radiation that remains after a violent → event such as a → gamma-ray burst. The afterglow of any gamma-ray burst is caused by an event different from the original explosion, likely by → shock waves colliding with the ambient medium. Afterglows occur in a large range of → electromagnetic  → wavelengths.

→ after; → glow.

The part of day from → noon to → evening.

→ after; → noon.