polaris : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: polaris	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for polaris
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Polaris n 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 Synonym(s): Polaris, North Star, pole star, polar star, polestar
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. {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[b7], and from year to year approaching slowly nearer to it. It is called also {Cynosura}, {polestar}, and by astronomers, {Polaris}.