adj. Relating to a measurement of time relative to the position of the stars.
adj. Relating to a measurement of time relative to the point of the vernal equinox.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Relating to the stars; starry; astral.
adj. 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
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Pertaining or relating to the constellations or fixed stars; consisting of or constituted by fixed stars: as, the sidereal regions; sidereal calculations; a sidereal group or system.
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adj. of or relating to the stars or constellations
adj. (of divisions of time) determined by daily motion of the stars
Word Usage
"This is the difference between what we call the sidereal day (the time that it takes to make one complete rotation) and the synodic day (the time that it takes to go from the Sun highest in the sky until the Sun is again at its highest in the sky)."