Definition of Observetory
Ob*serv"a*to*ry (?), n.; pl.
Observatories (#). [Cf. F. observatoire.]
1. A place or building for making observations
on the heavenly bodies.
The new observatory in Greenwich
Park. Evelyn.
2. A building fitted with instruments for
making systematic observations of any particular class or series of
natural phenomena.
3. A place, as an elevated chamber, from
which a view may be observed or commanded.
4. (Mil.) A lookout on a flank of a
battery whence an officer can note the range and effect of the
fire. Farrow.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
OBSERVATORY, n. A place where astronomers conjecture away the guesses
of their predecessors.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- A place where stars, planets and other celestial bodies are observed, usually through a telescope.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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