What does fixed star mean?

fixed star means "any star in the Ptolemaic theory of planetary motion".

Is fixed star a common word?

fixed star is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Fixed star — meaning and definition

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1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
any star in the Ptolemaic theory of planetary motion
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What does fixed star mean?: fixed star means "any star in the Ptolemaic theory of planetary motion".
Is fixed star a common word?: fixed star is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for fixed star come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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