#astral

• Aerial photogram — An aerial photograph of a terrain portion, captured with a special photogrammetric (metric) camera mounted on an airborne platform (airplane, drone, helicopter), having rigorously known geometric and optical characteristics. This metric document serves as a fundamental basis for precise measurements, cartographic restorations, and determining the geographical coordinates of ground elements.
• Angherii (Plural form) — The plural form of the noun 'angherie', denoting multiple properties, estates, or administrative statuses associated with the branches of the Angher family. In an onomastic or toponymic context, it can also represent the articulated genitive-dative form indicating the direct ownership of an object, land, or historical charter by the person or community named Angherie.
• Astral — Relating to the stars, celestial bodies, or the starry vault, concerning the stars or originating from them; in esoteric philosophy and mysticism, it describes a non-physical dimension or a subtle form of energy (astral body, astral plane) that mediates the connection between spirit and gross matter, considered the seat of human emotions and desires.
• Astrălina — A very rare poetic or regional archaism used in traditional incantations or old folk poetry to describe a state of spectral brightness, a pale light reflected by the stars (astral rays), or a nocturnal mythological entity associated with the sky. It represented a structural plastic metaphor used to suggest immaterial purity, night guidance, and the unseen influence of stars on earthly destiny.
• Astralism — An ancient religious, mythological, or philosophical doctrine stating that terrestrial phenomena, human destinies, and deities are directly determined, governed, or symbolized by the movement of stars and constellations; a belief system specific to major ancient civilizations (Babylonian, Egyptian) based on the veneration of celestial bodies as divine entities.
• Astralite — A technical term used to denote a special type of opaque glass, glass-ceramic, or refractory material enriched with mineral compounds, structurally designed to withstand extreme thermal shocks and mimic the crystalline reflections of stellar bodies. In a restricted sense, it was also used in the older commercial nomenclature of safe ammonium nitrate-based industrial explosives used in mining.
• Astralite rock — A rare technical neologism used to describe a microstructural variety of metamorphic rock or silicate mineral with fine crystalline inclusions, which reflects light in a brilliant manner reminiscent of star dust or the night vault. In niche petrographic studies, the term indicates the textural property of certain ornamental rocks to present intense pseudo-sidereal reflections under polarized light.
• Astrality — The quality or state of being astral; the cosmic, stellar, or immaterial character of an element, a state of mind, or an artistic work. In the philosophy of culture and literary criticism, the term expresses a superior dimension, detached from the contours of the gross terrestrial world, tending toward the infinity of the celestial vault, absolute purity, and metaphorical spiritualization.
• Astralon — A high-quality transparent plastic material, manufactured from unplasticized polyvinyl chloride (PVC), structurally characterized by exceptional dimensional stability, resistance to moisture and thermal deformation. It is widely used in cartography, photogrammetry, lithography, and precision technical drawing as a non-deformable substrate for tracing, copying, or engraving maps and topographic plans.