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    sidereal - Dictionary definition and meaning for word sidereal

    Definition
    (adj) of or relating to the stars or constellations
    Example Sentence
    • sidereal bodies
    • the sidereal system
    Definition
    (adj) (of divisions of time) determined by daily motion of the stars
    Example Sentence
    • sidereal time
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sidereal

SIDEREAL is pronounced as SY-DEE-RIAL and not SIDE+REAL, therefore CELESTIAL is a more appropriate suggestion, as it not only rhymes with sidereal, it also has the same meaning-relating to the stars or the constellation.

SIDE+REAL...the STARS by our SIDE are REAL

break it as side+reel, reel signifies something to do with movies, and movies=movie stars (actors), so eventually relating to stars :)

The real side of an axis is known as infinite space. The infinite space is related to stars or celestial bodies !!!

we dont know which side of a star is real... it's a sidereal question

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Side+Real : visible beside the moon and are really illuminant

sidereal - see-ether-real = sidereal, when you see an ethereal body,it must be the stars!

SIDE sounds like the name 'Said' [pronounced: sigh-eed] => to keep it REAL, Said lost his Papa's watch so he learned how to tell time by looking at the stars.

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