| sidereal | (of divisions of time) determined by daily motion of the stars |
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| sidereal | of or relating to the stars or constellations |
| sidereal | the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day |
| sidereal | 1/24 of a sidereal day |
| sidereal | period between successive conjunctions with a star, 27.322 days |
| sidereal | measured by the diurnal motion of stars |
| sidereal | the time for the earth to make one complete revolution around the sun, relative to the fixed stars |