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as·tro·phys·ics

(ăs′trō-fĭz′ĭks)

n. (used with a sing. verb)

The branch of applied physics that deals with astronomical phenomena.

as′tro·phys′i·cal adj.

as′tro·phys′i·cist (-fĭz′ĭ-sĭst) n.

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astrophysical - of or concerned with astrophysics; "astrophysical sciences"

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