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If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion, or force citizens to confess by word or act.
Robert Jackson

Meaning of "fixed star" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FIXED STAR

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FIXED STAR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fixed star is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FIXED STAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fixed stars

The fixed stars are celestial objects that do not seem to move in relation to the other stars of the night sky. Hence, a fixed star is any star except for the Sun. A nebula or other starlike object may also be called a fixed star. People in many cultures have imagined that the stars form pictures in the sky called constellations. In ancient Greek astronomy, the stars were believed to exist on a giant celestial sphere, or firmament, that revolved around the Earth daily.

Definition of fixed star in the English dictionary

The definition of fixed star in the dictionary is any of the stars in the Ptolemaic system, all of which were thought to be attached to an outer crystal sphere thus explaining their apparent lack of movement. Other definition of fixed star is an extremely distant star whose position appears to be almost stationary over a long period of time.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FIXED STAR

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fixed charge
fixed cost contract
fixed costs
fixed decimal point
fixed disk
fixed exchange rate
fixed idea
fixed link
fixed menu
fixed oil
fixed penalty (fine)
fixed point
fixed satellite
fixed system
fixed-point notation
fixed-point representation
fixed-price
fixed-price contract
fixed-rate financing

WORDS THAT END LIKE FIXED STAR

binary star
blazing star
child star
dark star
double star
dwarf star
falling star
film star
guest star
media star
Michelin star
morning star
movie star
pole star
pop star
radio star
rising star
rock star
shooting star
star
variable star

Synonyms and antonyms of fixed star in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «fixed star» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FIXED STAR

Find out the translation of fixed star to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fixed star from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fixed star» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

恒星
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

estrella fija
570 millions of speakers

English

fixed star
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निश्चित स्टार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نجمة ثابتة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неподвижной звездой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

estrela fixa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্থির তারকা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

étoile fixe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bintang tetap
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fixstern
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

恒星
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

고정 스타
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bintang tetep
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngôi sao cố định
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிலையான நட்சத்திரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निश्चित तारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sabit yıldız
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

stella fissa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gwiazda stała
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нерухомій зіркою
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

stea fix
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σταθερό αστέρι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vaste ster
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fixstjärna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fiksstjerne
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fixed star

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FIXED STAR»

The term «fixed star» is regularly used and occupies the 102.487 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fixed star

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QUOTES WITH «FIXED STAR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fixed star.
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Robert Jackson
If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion, or force citizens to confess by word or act.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FIXED STAR»

Discover the use of fixed star in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fixed star and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Every Fixed Star
In Book Two of the series, Marie learns the value of a tender heart, the faith of distant friends, and the act of holding life’s circumstances in open hands.
Jane Kirkpatrick, 2009
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The New System of Astronomy; Or, is the Earth a Fixed Star ...
north or south, the fixed stars will be found to change their situation very considerably, some disappearing below the horizon, while others rise above it. \ Vhen travelling due east or west, the same fixed stars always come to the meridian at the ...
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A Compendium of Mathematical Geography. For the use of ...
When Mars is at A and the earth at a, Mars is seen from the earth as if he were at s beside the fixed star s in the surface of the celestial sphere. A month after, the earth is at 6. From this new position the same fixed star will now be seen at s', in a  ...
Archibald Hastie DICK, James Stuart LAURIE, 1863
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A compendium of mathematical geography
When Mars is at A and the earth at a, Mars is seen Explained from the earth as if he were at s beside the fixed star by Se earths s in the surface of the celestial sphere. A month after, change of the earth is at b. From this new position the same ...
Archibald Hastie Dick, 1863
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A Guide to Astronomical Science
By what characteristics is a fixed star distinguished from a planetary star? How much less light does the brightest of the fixed stars give, than the Sun? Why is a fixed star entirely concealed when placed beyond a fine thread? If the Sun were ...
Robert James Mann, 1858
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A Treatise on Astronomy, Spherical and Physical: With ...
The Annual Parallax of a fixed star is the angle made by two lines conceived to be drawn, the one from the sun and the other from the earth, and meeting at the star, at the time the earth is in such part of its orbit that its radius-vector is ...
William Augustus Norton, 1872
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Method of finding the longitude, meridian, time [&c.].
When any fixed star, X, has not exactly the same right ascension as any other fixed star, Y, the culmination of the fixed star x can be found just as if it had the same right ascension as the fixed star Y : for, when the fixed star x is on the meridian, ...
John Tyrrell Baylee (the elder.), 1823
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The young man's best companion
Hence it follows, that though we approach nearer to a fixed Star at one time of the year than we do at the opposite, and that by the whole length of the diameter of the Earth's orbit, or 1QO millions of miles, yet this distance, being so small in ...
George Fisher (accountant.), Edward N. Marks, 1862
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An Elementary Treatise on Astronomy: In Four Parts : ...
102) be the sun, s a fixed star, and E the earth, in such a position that the radius- vector SE is perpendicular to Es, Fig. 102. the line of direction of the star, « then the angle SsE is the annual parallax of the star s. 570. If the annual parallax A of a ...
William Augustus Norton, 1845
10
Astrologia Gallica
And as for the angles, Ptolemy takes the Planet that was in the angle following the primary point, or the one ruling it, and a bright fixed star that is adjacent to the preceding angle, and from those he judges. But Cardan in his Commentary gives  ...
Jean-Baptiste Morin, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FIXED STAR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fixed star is used in the context of the following news items.
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COMMENTARY: Raul Roco, Jojo Binay, and other friends of my youth
... trial how we regard law in San Beda by pointing to the fixed star we are exhorted to try to follow and go by - and in that sense he was my BFF, ... «GMA News, Jul 15»
2
Say a kind goodbye to the class of 2014-15
You have been their guiding light, their fixed star and the rock upon which their nascent sense of self-worth has been tenuously founded. «TES News, Jul 15»
3
The Establishment of a New Religion
Barnette, has stated: "If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be ... «Family Research Council, Jun 15»
4
Cass Sunstein / The Supreme Court's top 5 opinions of all time
He added, "If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in ... «Press of Atlantic City, Jun 15»
5
Find 3 planets and the scorpion's claws
If Venus is close to a fixed star, it's actually possible to watch it change position in a single evening and it's certainly possible to watch it move ... «Pacific Daily News, Jun 15»
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The Supreme Court's finest opinions
"If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation. ... fixed star in the dissenting opinions of the disastrous 7-2 Dred Scott decision which ... «Arkansas Online, Jun 15»
7
Not Your Parents' Marriage – Advice for Muslim Relationships in the …
“Isn't that how falling in love so often works? Some stranger appears out of nowhere and becomes a fixed star in your universe.” ― Kate Bollick. «Patheos, Jun 15»
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A Big Bang Theory
“Isn't that how falling in love so often works? Some stranger appears out of nowhere and becomes a fixed star in your universe.” ― Kate Bollick. «Altmuslimah, Jun 15»
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The Supreme Court's top 5 opinions of all time
He added, "If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in ... «Chicago Tribune, Jun 15»
10
Singers shine for starry win
The group dynamic can be quite charged today and sparks can fly if you don`t keep things contained. The fixed star Procyon shines...read more ... «News24, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Fixed star [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/fixed-star>. May 2024 ».
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