constellation

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  1. noun Astronomy An arbitrary formation of stars perceived as a figure or design, especially one of 88 recognized groups named after characters from classical mythology and various common animals and objects.
  2. noun Astronomy An area of the celestial sphere occupied by one of the 88 recognized constellations.
  3. noun The configuration of planets at the time of one's birth, regarded by astrologers as determining one's character or fate.

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  • If you agree to these conditions, set off a large explosion on the desert to the south of your largest inland sea when the constellation which is shaped like a square with a line across it is directly overhead. —  SF Quarterly
  • At the base of the tree is what we call the constellation Scorpion. —  Omni: February 1995
  • The natural thought is that a constellation is a collection of stars, which means that it's a bunch of balls of hydrogen and such, each glowing from the heat of its fusion, scattered across large expanses of space. —  Thoughts Arguments and Rants
  • The COSMO-SkyMed constellation, which is currently made up of three satellites, allows for frequent data. —  Home | Mail Online
  • Again, a man of slender means has become rich in the Mexican sense, which means a man of millions, and then he is at once elevated by his admirers into that brilliant constellation which is the "great bear" of the Mexican firmament STATE CREDITORS Still, these powerful private individuals prevent the consolidation of any government, whether republican or dictatorial, and put far off that necessary evil, the confiscation of the estates of the Church. —  Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited
 

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Words tagged constellation

cygnus · dorado · argo navis · camelopardalus · cameleon · serpentarius · ophiucus · andromeda · antlia · apus · ara

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  1. Middle English constellacioun, from Old French constellation, from Late Latin cōnstellātiō, cōnstellātiōn- : Latin com-, com- + Latin stēlla, star; see ster-3 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English constellacion, -cioun, from Old French constellacion, French constellation = Spanish constelacion = Portuguese constellação = Italian costellazione, from Late Latin constellatio (n-), a collection of stars, from constellatus, set with stars: see constellate.
 

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/kɑnstɛˈleɪʃən/
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