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US
/ˌpɫænəˈtɛɹiəm/
]
[ UK /plˌænɪtˈeəɹiəm/ ]
[ UK /plˌænɪtˈeəɹiəm/ ]
NOUN
- an optical device for projecting images of celestial bodies and other astronomical phenomena onto the inner surface of a hemispherical dome
- a building housing an instrument for projecting the positions of the planets onto a domed ceiling
- an apparatus or model for representing the solar systems
How To Use planetarium In A Sentence
- Single fish-eye projectors that cover an entire dome now display digital skies in planetariums in many schools, science centers, and public libraries.
- The planetarium staff also prepared talks for radio broadcast.
- This sublime sphere, set amid the ordered nature of a landscaped garden, combined the functions of memorial and planetarium, conjoining the transience of humanity with the eternal celestial realm.
- Performance begins at 9 p. m. in the Flandrau Planetarium theater, located on the UA campus.
- When she got a few minutes away from planning the wedding, she was trying to set up the summer program for the planetarium.
- Now celebrating its 75th anniversary, the planetarium was the first built in the Western hemisphere, and the first with a Zeiss, an optical projection device creating the illusion of a night sky. CNN Transcript Oct 22, 2004
- Over 150 people, including school and college students, turned up at the planetarium on Thursday evening to view the celestial bodies.
- A Zeiss projector that was centrepiece of the Star Theatre for the planetarium's 27-year lifespan was purchased by York University, which currently has it disassembled in storage.
- Although not terribly well known, the Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca has a working planetarium and offers public skywatching using telescopes sufficiently powerful to study Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Venus and Mercury.
- I shall never never never forget your back yard, planetarium and ham radio shed.
