An alternate form of astrometric, relating to the precise measurement of stellar positions and celestial mechanics.
Variant spelling of 'astrometric' with the additional suffix '-al', common in 19th-century scientific English before standardization favored shorter forms.
This word is basically obsolete now—a great example of how scientific language evolves and simpler terms survive, making old astronomy textbooks read like a foreign language!
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