Definition & Meaning of "astronomical unit"in English

Astronomical unit

a unit of measurement equal to the average distance between the Earth and the Sun, approximately 149.6 million kilometers

Grammatical Information

Animacy status

Inanimate

Composition

Compound

Countable

singular

not gender specific

Plural form

astronomical units

Examples

An astronomical unit measures distances within our solar system.

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