Observatory Synonyms

əb-zûrvə-tôrē
A high structure or place commanding a wide view
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. lookout
  2. watchtower
  3. tower
  4. catbird-seat
  5. observation-post
  6. outlook
  7. beacon
  8. overlook
  9. observation tower
  10. coelostat
  11. coronograph
  12. lookout station
  13. planetarium
  14. coronagraph
  15. refractor
  16. spectroheliograph

Words Related to Observatory

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Observatory Sentence Examples

  • The observatory was discontinued in 1855.

  • In 1851 he visited the Bonn Observatory, and studied astronomy under Argelander.

  • In 1843 he became doctor of philosophy at Munich Observatory, where he was made professor in 1859.

  • He remodelled the volumes of observations, put the library on a proper footing, mounted the new (Sheepshanks) equatorial and organized a new magnetic observatory.

  • He was also a curator of the Bodleian Library, an honorary fellow of Queen's College, a governor of Winchester College and a visitor of Greenwich Observatory.

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