Constellation
[,kɒnstə'leɪʃ(ə)n] or [,kɑnstə'leʃən]
Definition
(n.) A cluster or group of fixed stars, or dvision of the heavens, designated in most cases by the name of some animal, or of some mythologial personage, within whose imaginary outline, as traced upon the heavens, the group is included.
(n.) An assemblage of splendors or excellences.
(n.) Fortune; fate; destiny.
Typist: Mason
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Group of stars.[2]. Collection, assemblage, cluster.
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Examples
- In 1604 the attention of all the astronomers of Europe was attracted by a new star which suddenly appeared in the constellation Serpentarius. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Grouped about France, these republics were to be a constellation of freedom leading the world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The curates, herding together after their manner, made a constellation of three lesser planets. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- What a constellation of celebrated names! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The name of Khalid stands out as the brightest star in a constellation of able and devoted Moslem generals. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Elliot Smith traces these practices in a sort of constellation all over this great Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Pacific area. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- By t he Egyptians, also, was carefully observed the season of the year at which certain stars and constellations were visible at dawn. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- For a time hunger and sleep contended, till the constellations reeled before my eyes and then were lost. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Most of us, indeed, know little of the great originators until they have been lifted up among the constellations and already rule our fates. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She waited till the rising of certain constellations warned her of lateness and signed her away. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She did not know I was standing in the twilight, near the staircase window, looking at the frost-bright constellations. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- No moon was yet in the heavens, but the dark blue vault was bright with innumerable stars, large and mellow, like tropical constellations. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The Egyptian priests had mapped out the stars into the constellations, and divided up the zodiac into twelve signs, by 3000 B.C. . H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This classification is not arbitrary like the grouping of the stars in constellations. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The constellations reeled swiftly by, swiftly each tree and stone and landmark fled past my onward career. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Checker: Phyllis