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Definition: Lodestar |
LodestarNoun1. Guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation of astronomy. 2. Something that serves as a model or guide. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "lodestar" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
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Computing | A trademark of the Eastman Kodak Company used to identify microfilm reader-printers which are automatically energized and threaded as a 16 mm film magazine is inserted in a slot. Motor driven through the optical system, the film is ejected into a receiving chamber in which it festoons itself to obviate the need for a take-up reel. It is rewound into the magazine. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Lodestar The leading-star by which mariners are guided; the pole-star. "Your eyes are lodestars."- Shakespeare: Midsummer Night's Dream, i. 1. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Lodestar, a Rapcore band formed in 1996 by rapper Heitham Al-Sayed (Lead Vocalist), John Morgan (Drums) and "Haggis" (Sound Engineer) after they left Senser. They were joined by a fourth member, Jules Hodgson (Guitar). Lodestar were signed to Ultimate Records for the duration of their short existence, before splitting up in 1997.
Members
- Heitham Al-Sayed (Vocals, 1996-1997)
- John Morgan (Drums, 1996-1997)
- "Haggis" (sound engineer, 1996-1997)
- Jules Hodgson (Guitar, 1996-1997)
Discography
- Lodestar (1996), Ultimate
- Another Day (Also released as single)
- Salter's Ducks
- Wait A Minute
- The Representative
- By Halves
- Better Late Than Never
- Aftertaste (Also released as single)
- Worthwhile
- Soiled Blood
- Down In The Mud (Also released as single)
- Iliac Crest
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Lodestar."
Synonym: LodestarSynonym: loadstar (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Indication | Beacon, cairn, post, staff, flagstaff, hand, pointer, vane, weathercock; guidepost, handpost, fingerpost, directing post, signpost; pillars of Hercules, pharos; bale-fire, beacon-fire; l'etoile du Nord; landmark, seamark; lighthouse, balize; polestar, loadstar, lodestar; cynosure, guide; address, direction, name; sign, signboard. |
Recession | Lodestone, loadstone, lodestar, loadstar; magnet, permanent magnet, siderite, electromagnet; magnetic coil, voice coil; magnetic dipole; motor coil, rotor, stator. |
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 | Alarm; alert; balefire; beam; bonfire; flare; guidepost; heliograph; lamp; lantern; lighthouse; lodestar; pharos; radar; rocket; rocket; sign; signal fire; smoke signal; beacon; warning signal; watchtower. |
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| "Lodestar" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Lodestar" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 6 | 143,867 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
lodestar | 48 |
cm lodestar | 8 |
lodestar system | 7 |
lockheed lodestar | 4 |
bicycle lodestar | 4 |
lodestar energy | 3 |
casino lodestar | 3 |
corporation lodestar | 3 |
hoist lodestar | 3 |
lodestar realty | 2 |
lodestar energy inc | 2 |
lodestar planetside | 2 |
lodestar tours.com | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "lodestar"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | ylli polar (loadstar, Polaris, pole star), yll orientues (loadstar), parim udhëheqës (loadstar, pole star). (various references) | |
Arabic | نجم هاد, الهادي (conductor, guide, leader). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | пътеводна звезда (cynosure, loadstar, pole star), полярна звезда (loadstar, north star, polar star, pole star). (various references) | |
Czech | polárka (pole star). (various references) | |
Farsi | ستاره قطبی(loadstar)(نج.), ستاره راهنما, راهنما (Adviser, Clue, Conductor, Guidance, Guide, Guideline, Key, Keyword, Landmark, Leader, Pacemaker, Polestar, Signal, Usher). (various references) | |
French | phare, étoile polaire. (various references) | |
German | leitstern (guiding star). (various references) | |
Greek | LODESTAR, πολικόσ αστέρασ (loadstar, pole star), πολικόσ αστήρ (pole star), λόουντσταρ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | vezércsillag (guiding star, king pin, loadstar). (various references) | |
Italian | stella polare (loadstar, polar star). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | odestarlay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | estrela polar (loadstar, pole star), atração (allurement, appeal, attraction, glamor, glamour, inveiglement, pull), ambição (ambition, go-ahead). (various references) | |
Romanian | steaua polarã (load star, pole star, the north star), stea cãlãuzitoare, principiu cãlãuzitor (guide), model (archetype, cast, design, example, exemplar, exemplary, fair copy, form, make, Mark, mock up, model, nonesuch, number, paradigm, paradigmatic, pattern, shape, sitter, standard, stencil, type), ideal (excellent, ideal, ideally, idol). (various references) | |
Russian | путеводная звезда (cynosure). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zvezda vodilja (cynosure, loadstar, pole star), severnjača (loadstar, north star). (various references) | |
Spanish | estrella polar (Polaris, polestar). (various references) | |
Swedish | polstjärna (loadstar, the pole star), ledstjärna (cynosure, loadstar). (various references) | |
Turkish | yol gösterici (directive, pathfinder, pole star), kutupyıldızı (cynosure, guiding star, loadstar, north star, pole star, polestar), çobanyıldızı (loadstar). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | полярна зоря (cynosure, pole star). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sao bắc cực mục đích (loadstar), nguyên tắc chỉ đạo (gospel, loadstar). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "lodestar": lodestars. (additional references) | |
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"Lodestar" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: podesta. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "lodestar" (pronounced lō"dstÄ'r) |
| 4 | -s t Ä' r | Earthstar. |
| 3 | -t Ä' r | hectare. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: delators, leotards. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-l-o-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: dartles, delator, leotard, loaders, oldster, ordeals, reloads, roasted, solated, torsade. | |
-2 letters: adores, alders, aldose, alerts, alters, artels, dartle, daters, deltas, derats, desalt, dorsal, dorsel, doters, estral, laders, lasted, laster, loader, oaters, oldest, orated, orates, ordeal, oreads, osteal, ostler, ratels, reload, resold, retold, salted, salter, sarode, slated, slater, soared, solate, solder, sorted, staled. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-l-o-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: deflators, desolater, desolator, estradiol, idolaters, leadworts, lodestars, steroidal. | |
+2 letters: adulterous, asteroidal, blastoderm, delegators, desolaters, desolators, doorplates, editorials, estradiols, forestland, idolatries, loadmaster, outlanders, oversalted, sacerdotal, sandlotter, sporulated. | |
+3 letters: afterworlds, aldosterone, bardolaters, blastoderms, bloodstream, defalcators, defoliators, delineators, desalinator, disrelation, edulcorates, elucidators, floodwaters, fluoridates, forestalled, forestlands, goaltenders, hydrolysate, loadmasters, mortadellas, motherlands, outsparkled, roundtables, sandlotters, stadtholder, stakeholder, stallholder, steamrolled, tetraploids, waterfloods. | |
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