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Pole Star

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pole star
n
a guiding principle, rule, standard, etc.

Pole Star
n
(Astronomy & Space / Celestial Objects) the. the star closest to the N celestial pole at any particular time. At present this is Polaris, but it will eventually be replaced by some other star owing to precession of the earth's axis
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Noun1.Pole Starpole star - 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
Little Bear, Ursa Minor - a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star
Little Dipper, Dipper - a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris
Translations
Pole Star nstella polare
Pole Star nstella polare


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The fellows there said one steers by the Pole Star, and I looked it up in the celestial atlas, but once out of doors everything gets so mixed--"
 
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