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| | polestar - definition by dict.die.net (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | 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. |
 | | 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. |
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