(1):
(n.) Any tabular statement of the assigned places of a heavenly body, as a planet or comet, on several successive days.
(2):
(n.) A collective name for reviews, magazines, and all kinds of periodical literature.
(3):
(n.) 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."
(4):
(n.) A diary; a journal.