Polestar

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. See Polaris.
  • n. A guiding principle.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Alternative form of pole star.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Polaris, or the north star. See North star, under north.
  • n. A guide or director.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The star Polaris, of the second magnitude, situated near the north pole of the heavens.
  • n. Hence, that which serves as a guide or director; a lodestar.
  • n. In biology, a polar star; one of the two stellate figures which may be borne upon the poles of the fusiform nucleus-spindle in the process of karyokinesis.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. 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
  • n. 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
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    lodestar    loadstar    variable    variable star   
    Variant
    north   
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