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polaris |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: North \North\, a. Lying toward the north; situated at the north, or in a northern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the north, or coming from the north. {North following}. See {Following}, a., 2. {North pole}, that point in the heavens, or on the earth, ninety degrees from the equator toward the north. {North preceding}. See {Following}, a., 2. {North star}, the star toward which the north pole of the earth very nearly points, and which accordingly seems fixed and immovable in the sky. The star [alpha] (alpha) of the Little Bear, is our present north star, being distant from the pole about 1[deg] 25', and from year to year approaching slowly nearer to it It is called also {Cynosura}, {polestar}, and by astronomers, {Polaris}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Polaris \Po*la"ris\, n. [NL. See {Polar}.] (Astron.) The polestar. See {North star}, under {North}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Polaris n : the brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle of the little dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward it [syn: {Polaris}, {North Star}, {polar star}, {polestar}]
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