HyperDic: fixed_star

English > 1 sense of the expression fixed star:
NOUNobjectfixed starany star in the Ptolemaic theory of planetary motion
English > fixed star: 1 sense > noun 1, object
MeaningAny star in the Ptolemaic theory of planetary motion.
Broaderstar(astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
Spanishestrella fija, sol
Catalanestel fix

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