planets 音标拼音: [pl'ænəts]
Star \
Star \ (
st [
aum ]
r ),
n . [
OE .
sterre ,
AS .
steorra ;
akin to OFries .
stera ,
OS .
sterro ,
D .
ster ,
OHG .
sterno ,
sterro ,
G .
stern ,
Icel .
stjarna ,
Sw .
stjerna ,
Dan .
stierne ,
Goth .
sta ['
i ]
rn [=
o ],
Armor . &
Corn .
steren ,
L .
stella ,
Gr . '
asth `
r ,
'
a `
stron ,
Skr .
star ;
perhaps from a root meaning ,
to scatter ,
Skr .
st [.
r ],
L .
sternere (
cf . {
Stratum }),
and originally applied to the stars as being strewn over the sky ,
or as being scatterers or spreaders of light . [
root ]
296 .
Cf .
{
Aster }, {
Asteroid }, {
Constellation }, {
Disaster }, {
Stellar }.]
1 .
One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the heavens ;
any heavenly body other than the sun ,
moon ,
comets ,
and nebulae .
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His eyen twinkled in his head aright ,
As do the stars in the frosty night . --
Chaucer .
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Note :
The stars are distinguished as {
planets },
and {
fixed stars }.
See {
Planet }, {
Fixed stars }
under {
Fixed },
and {
Magnitude of a star }
under {
Magnitude }.
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2 .
The polestar ;
the north star . --
Shak .
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3 . (
Astrol .)
A planet supposed to influence one '
s destiny ;
(
usually pl .)
a configuration of the planets ,
supposed to influence fortune .
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O malignant and ill -
brooding stars . --
Shak .
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Blesses his stars ,
and thinks it luxury . --
Addison .
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4 .
That which resembles the figure of a star ,
as an ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honor .
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On whom . . .
Lavish Honor showered all her stars . --
Tennyson .
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5 .
Specifically ,
a radiated mark in writing or printing ;
an asterisk [
thus , *]; --
used as a reference to a note ,
or to fill a blank where something is omitted ,
etc .
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6 . (
Pyrotechny )
A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets ,
in mines ,
etc .,
which ,
exploding in the air ,
presents a starlike appearance .
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7 .
A person of brilliant and attractive qualities ,
especially on public occasions ,
as a distinguished orator ,
a leading theatrical performer ,
etc .
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Note :
Star is used in the formation of compound words generally of obvious signification ;
as ,
star -
aspiring ,
star -
bespangled ,
star -
bestudded ,
star -
blasting ,
star -
bright ,
star -
crowned ,
star -
directed ,
star -
eyed ,
star -
headed ,
star -
paved ,
star -
roofed ,
star -
sprinkled ,
star -
wreathed .
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{
Blazing star }, {
Double star }, {
Multiple star }, {
Shooting star },
etc .
See under {
Blazing }, {
Double },
etc .
{
Nebulous star } (
Astron .),
a small well -
defined circular nebula ,
having a bright nucleus at its center like a star .
{
Star anise } (
Bot .),
any plant of the genus Illicium ; --
so called from its star -
shaped capsules .
{
Star apple } (
Bot .),
a tropical American tree ({
Chrysophyllum Cainito }),
having a milky juice and oblong leaves with a silky -
golden pubescence beneath .
It bears an applelike fruit ,
the carpels of which present a starlike figure when cut across .
The name is extended to the whole genus of about sixty species ,
and the natural order ({
Sapotaceae })
to which it belongs is called the Star -
apple family .
{
Star conner },
one who cons ,
or studies ,
the stars ;
an astronomer or an astrologer . --
Gascoigne .
{
Star coral } (
Zool .),
any one of numerous species of stony corals belonging to {
Astraea }, {
Orbicella },
and allied genera ,
in which the calicles are round or polygonal and contain conspicuous radiating septa .
{
Star cucumber }. (
Bot .)
See under {
Cucumber }.
{
Star flower }. (
Bot .)
(
a )
A plant of the genus {
Ornithogalum };
star -
of -
Bethlehem .
(
b )
See {
Starwort }
(
b ) .
(
c )
An American plant of the genus {
Trientalis }
({
Trientalis Americana }). --
Gray .
{
Star fort } (
Fort .),
a fort surrounded on the exterior with projecting angles ; --
whence the name .
{
Star gauge } (
Ordnance ),
a long rod ,
with adjustable points projecting radially at its end ,
for measuring the size of different parts of the bore of a gun .
{
Star grass }. (
Bot .)
(
a )
A small grasslike plant ({
Hypoxis erecta })
having star -
shaped yellow flowers .
(
b )
The colicroot .
See {
Colicroot }.
{
Star hyacinth } (
Bot .),
a bulbous plant of the genus {
Scilla }
({
Scilla autumnalis }); --
called also {
star -
headed hyacinth }.
{
Star jelly } (
Bot .),
any one of several gelatinous plants ({
Nostoc commune }, {
Nostoc edule },
etc .).
See {
Nostoc }.
{
Star lizard }. (
Zool .)
Same as {
Stellion }.
{
Star -
of -
Bethlehem } (
Bot .),
a bulbous liliaceous plant ({
Ornithogalum umbellatum })
having a small white starlike flower .
{
Star -
of -
the -
earth } (
Bot .),
a plant of the genus {
Plantago }
({
Plantago coronopus }),
growing upon the seashore .
{
Star polygon } (
Geom .),
a polygon whose sides cut each other so as to form a star -
shaped figure .
{
Stars and Stripes },
a popular name for the flag of the United States ,
which consists of thirteen horizontal stripes ,
alternately red and white ,
and a union having ,
in a blue field ,
white stars to represent the several States ,
one for each .
With the old flag ,
the true American flag ,
the Eagle ,
and the Stars and Stripes ,
waving over the chamber in which we sit . --
D .
Webster .
{
Star showers }.
See {
Shooting star },
under {
Shooting }.
{
Star thistle } (
Bot .),
an annual composite plant ({
Centaurea solstitialis })
having the involucre armed with stout radiating spines .
{
Star wheel } (
Mach .),
a star -
shaped disk ,
used as a kind of ratchet wheel ,
in repeating watches and the feed motions of some machines .
{
Star worm } (
Zool .),
a gephyrean .
{
Temporary star } (
Astron .),
a star which appears suddenly ,
shines for a period ,
and then nearly or quite disappears .
These stars were supposed by some astronomers to be variable stars of long and undetermined periods .
More recently ,
variations star in start intensity are classified more specifically ,
and this term is now obsolescent .
See also {
nova }. [
Obsolescent ]
{
Variable star } (
Astron .),
a star whose brilliancy varies periodically ,
generally with regularity ,
but sometimes irregularly ; --
called {
periodical star }
when its changes occur at fixed periods .
{
Water star grass } (
Bot .),
an aquatic plant ({
Schollera graminea })
with small yellow starlike blossoms .
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