'Polaris' definitions:
Definition of 'Polaris'
From: WordNet
noun
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 [syn: Polaris, North Star, pole star, polar star, polestar]
Definition of 'Polaris'
From: GCIDE
- North \North\, a. Lying toward the north; situated at the north, or in a northern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the north, or coming from the north. [1913 Webster]
- North following. See Following, a., 2.
- North pole, that point in the heavens, or on the earth, ninety degrees from the equator toward the north.
- North preceding. See Following, a., 2.
- North star, 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 [alpha] (alpha) of the Little Bear, is our present north star, being distant from the pole about 1[deg] 25', and from year to year approaching slowly nearer to it. It is called also Cynosura, polestar, and by astronomers, Polaris. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Polaris'
From: GCIDE
- Polaris \Po*la"ris\, n. [NL. See Polar.] (Astron.) The polestar. See North star, under North. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'Polaris'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Aldebaran,
- Canicula,
- celestial body,
- comet,
- cynosure,
- daystar,
- Dog Star,
- evening star,
- fixed stars,
- guiding star,
- heavenly body,
- Hesper,
- Hesperus,
- living sapphires,
- lodestar,
- Lucifer,
- morning star,
- North Star,
- orb,
- Phosphor,
- Phosphorus,
- polar star,
- polestar,
- Sirius,
- sphere,
- starry host,
- stars,
- Venus,
- Vesper