RADIO ASTRONOMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does radio astronomy mean? 

• RADIO ASTRONOMY (noun)
  The noun RADIO ASTRONOMY has 1 sense:

1. the branch of astronomy that detects and studies the radio waves emitted by celestial bodies

  Familiarity information: RADIO ASTRONOMY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RADIO ASTRONOMY (noun)

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Meaning:

The branch of astronomy that detects and studies the radio waves emitted by celestial bodies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("radio astronomy" is a kind of...):

astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)