An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
English-French-Persian

A person who accuses, especially in a court of law.

→ accuse; → -tion.

A device used to scatter or disperse light emitted from a source.

From → diffuse + -er.

From paxš, present stem of paxšidan, → diffuse, + -andé or -gar (→ detector).

A person who uses or exploits something, such as a computer.

From use; M.E. usen from O.Fr. user "to use, employ," from V.L. *usare "to use," from L. uti "to use."

Kârbar "user," from bé kâr bordan "to use."

A committee whose members represent the astronomers who use the facilities of an observatory and which is intended to improve the interaction between the observatory and the users.

→ user; committee, M.E., from O.Fr. commettre "to commit," from L. committere "to bring together," from → com- + mittere "to put, send."

Komité, loan from Fr.; kârbarân plural of kârbar→ user.