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Definition: FIXED STARS |
FIXED STARS1. Under Fixed , and Magnitude of a star under Magnitude . 2. The polestar; the north star. --Shak. 3. (Astrol.) A planet supposed to influence one's destiny; (usually pl.) a configuration of the planets, supposed to influence fortune. O malignant and ill-brooding stars. --Shak. Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury. --Addison. 4. That which resembles the figure of a star, as an ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honor. On whom . . . Lavish Honor showered all her stars. --Tennyson. 5. Specifically, a radiated mark in writing or printing; an asterisk [thus, *]; -- used as a reference to a note, or to fill a blank where something is omitted, etc. 6. (Pyrotechny) A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance. 7. A person of brilliant and attractive qualities, especially on public occasions, as a distinguished orator, a leading theatrical performer, etc. Note: Star is used in the formation of compound words generally of obvious signification: as, star-aspiring, star-bespangled, star-bestudded, star-blasting, star-bright, star-crowned, star-directed, star-eyed, star-headed, star-paved, star-roofed; star-sprinkled, star-wreathed. |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Fixed Stars Stars whose relative position to other stars is fixed or always the same. Planets are always shifting their relative positions. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Crosswords: FIXED STARS |
| English words defined with "FIXED STARS": apex, apex of the sun's way, Astrognosy ♦ Cosmosphere, Crystalline heavens, Crystalline spheres ♦ sidereal year, solar apex ♦ Uranometry ♦ Variable stars. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "FIXED STARS": geodetic datum. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Expression using "FIXED STARS": Diurnal acceleration of the fixed stars. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "FIXED STARS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
German | Fixsterne. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ixedfay arsstay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-f-i-r-s-s-t-x" | |
-2 letters: diasters, disaster, disrates, farsides. | |
-3 letters: aridest, astride, diaster, disrate, disseat, dissert, fairest, farside, fasters, fiestas, fissate, fixated, fixates, fraises, radixes, resifts, satires, sifters, staider, strafed, strafes, strides, strifes, tardies, tirades. | |
-4 letters: adrift, afrits, afters, aiders, airest, airted, arises, asides, assert, asters, axised, axises, axites, dafter, daises, dassie, daters, deairs, defats, deists, derats, desist. | |
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