Posted on 03/21/2007 5:44:20 AM PDT by VRWCmember
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
sidereal • \sye-DEER-ee-ul\ • adjective
1. of or relating to stars or constellations *
2. measured by the apparent motion of the stars
* Indicates the sense illustrated by the example sentence.
Example sentence:
Few astronomers have witnessed the sidereal phenomenon of a supernova.
Did you know?
In Latin, the word for "heavenly body" is "sidus." Latin speakers used that word to form "desiderare" ("from a heavenly body") and "considerare" ("to think about a heavenly body"), which were adopted into English as "desire" and "consider." "Sidereal," another "sidus" creation, was first used in English in 1647. Thirty-four years later, an astronomer coined the phrase "sidereal year" for the time in which the earth completes one revolution in its orbit around the sun, measured with respect to the fixed stars. Not surprisingly, other sidereal measurements of time followed, including the sidereal month, the sidereal day, the sidereal hour, and even the sidereal minute.
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Threads:
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
Review Thread Four: Word For the Day, Friday 7/25/03: Potation
Review Thread Five: Word For the Day, Monday 8/19/03: Stolid
Review Thread Six: Word for the Day, Tuesday 11/09/2004: Peripatetic (Post #125 may be my best anagram post ever)
i am dying laughing that is hysterical!!!
Why the liberal governor deigns to visit an 'irrelevant' talk show host, I'll never know.
i bet the Stallion will want a gig on there as well at some point.
Let a million RINO's speak.
Or something like that....
I like my new fishin' pole. It's got a sidereal.
Thank You, Cook!
I found this one on Wickipedia.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Judging by her picture, even the "I'd hit it" and "what's the crime" freeper crowd would say "Definitely Guilty"
i didn't see her pic. but i do love how the morality/criminality of a particular act depends on the looks of the perp.
Yeah, I know that was a disgusting comment
is society just more depraved than it was? bc while i think it went on back in the day, i don't think it was THIS prevalent!
Actually I think it has always gone on. When I was in Junior High School there was a rumor that one of the coaches was boffing a girl, or two. He was very flirty with all of us and we were all of 13 at the time.
mernin from the state of the 62% pay raise.
Morning Miss Laura. Good to see you again.
Good to be alive.
A little of both. The media certianly plays up these kinds of stories and once local items are now broadcast nationwide.
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