Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Ephemeris

Ephemeris , noun

[Latin, a diary, Greek {not transcribed}, also, a calendar, from {not transcribed}. See Ephemera.]

1.
A diary; a journal. — Johnson
2.
(a) (Anatomy) A publication giving the computed places of the heavenly bodies for each day of the year, with other numerical data, for the use of the astronomer and navigator; an astronomical almanac; as, the “American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac.”
(b)
(Anatomy) Any tabular statement of the assigned places of a heavenly body, as a planet or comet, on several successive days.
3.
(Literature) A collective name for reviews, magazines, and all kinds of periodical literature. — Brande & C