FIXED STAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fixed star mean? 

• FIXED STAR (noun)
  The noun FIXED STAR has 1 sense:

1. any star in the Ptolemaic theory of planetary motion

  Familiarity information: FIXED STAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIXED STAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any star in the Ptolemaic theory of planetary motion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("fixed star" is a kind of...):

star ((astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior)

 Context examples 

My friend would then turn to me, quiet and pale, and would say, 'No, sir; that is impossible: I cannot do it, because it is wrong;' and would become immutable as a fixed star.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)