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Definition of Sidereal
Sidereal

Relating to the stars; starry; astral; as, sidereal astronomy.

Measuring by the apparent motion of the stars; designated, marked out, or accompanied, by a return to the same position in respect to the stars; as, the sidereal revolution of a planet; a sidereal day.

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