Meaning of ASTRAL
| Pronunciation: | | 'astrul
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| | Definition: | | [adj] being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars; "an astral body"; "stellar light" |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\As"tral\, a. [L. astralis, fr. astrum star, Gr. ?: cf.
F. astral. See {Star}.]
Pertaining to, coming from, or resembling, the stars; starry;
starlike.
Shines only with an astral luster. --I. Taylor.
Some astral forms I must invoke by prayer. --Dryden.
{Astral lamp}, an Argand lamp so constructed that no shadow
is cast upon the table by the flattened ring-shaped
reservoir in which the oil is contained.
{Astral spirits}, spirits formerly supposed to live in the
heavenly bodies or the a["e]rial regions, and represented
in the Middle Ages as fallen angels, spirits of the dead,
or spirits originating in fire.
\As"tral\, a.
1. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to an aster; as, astral rays;
astral sphere.
2. (Theosophy) Consisting of, belonging to, or designating, a
kind of supersensible substance alleged to be next above
the tangible world in refinement; as, astral spirits;
astral bodies of persons; astral current.
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| | Definition: | | A programming language based on Pascal, never implemented. ["ASTRAL: A Structured and Unified Approach to Database Design and Manipulation", T. Amble et al, in Proc of the Database Architecture Conf, Venice, June 1979]. |
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