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The North Star, also known as the Pole Star, is the bright star that lies closest in the sky to the north celestial pole, and which appears directly overhead to an observer at the Earth's North P...
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- A star positioned circumpolar to the North Pole.
–noun
GNU Webster's 1913 (1 definition)
- 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 α (alpha) of the Little Bear, is our present north star, being distant from the pole about 1° 25', and from year to year approaching slowly nearer to it. It is called also
Cynosura ,polestar , and by astronomers,Polaris .
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- 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.
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The north star guides the mariner safely to his desired haven even though he never reaches the star itself.
- Afterfixing my eyes on the north star I pursued my journey, holding on to my bridle with a hope offinding a horse upon which I might ride that night.—Narrative of the life and adventures of Henry Bibb
- After fixing my eyes on the north star I pursued my journey, holding on to my bridle with a hope of finding a horse upon which I might ride that night.—Narrative of the Life and Adventures of an American Slave Written by Himself
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