Vocab Bloom Hub

fixed star

/fɪkst stɑːr/

1 entry

Word connections

phrase

/fɪkst stɑːr/C1formalscientific
  • ruЗвезда, которая, как кажется, сохраняет фиксированное положение относительно других звезд на ночном небе, в отличие от планет, которые движутся. В астрономии этот термин относится к далеким звездам, не проявляющим заметного движения за короткие промежутки времени.

A star that appears to maintain a fixed position relative to other stars in the night sky, as opposed to planets which move. In astronomy, it refers to distant stars that do not exhibit noticeable motion over short periods.

  1. Astronomical termC1formal

    A historical term for stars that appear to maintain a fixed position relative to each other in the night sky, as opposed to planets which move.

    ruНеподвижная звезда

    • Ancient astronomers believed the fixed stars were attached to a celestial sphere.
    • The constellations are made up of fixed stars.
    • Navigators used the fixed stars to determine their position at sea.
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

Inherited terms

Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

Source link

All listed licenses apply

Generated by language models and not human-verified: definitions, examples, levels and translations may contain errors.