observatory
pronunciation
How to pronounce observatory in British English:
UK [əbˈzɜːvətri]
How to pronounce observatory in American English:
US [əbˈzɜːrvətɔːri]
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- Noun:
- a building designed and equipped to observe astronomical phenomena
- a structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings
Word Origin
- observatory (n.)
- "building for observing astronomical phenomena," 1670s (in reference to Greenwich), from French observatoire, from observer (v.); see observe.
Example
- 1. Officials from greenwich observatory have the clock checked twice a day .
- 2. The detector and arrays combine to make the icecube neutrino observatory .
- 3. The optical images are from the kitt peak national observatory in arizona .
- 4. Scott manley of the armagh observatory visualized 30 years of asteroid discoveries .
- 5. The paranal observatory released initial images wednesday from the powerful vlt survey telescope .