English Explanatory Dictionary

Messier

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from French [in turn originating as an occupation], famously held by
  2. A surname from French [in turn originating as an occupation], famously held by:
  3. Charles Messier (1730-1817), a French astronomer who between 1774 and 1781 published his Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters, a catalogue of deep-sky objects.
  4. As a designation, the numbered objects in Messier's catalog are prepended with his surname or the letter M.
adj
  1. comparative form of messy: more messy

Pronunciation

/ˈmɛs.i.eɪ/

Word forms

Messier Messiers

Related words

Messier number
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