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Fixed star Moderate

Fixed star has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

any star in the Ptolemaic theory of planetary motion

2

Any star that is so distant that its movement, relative to others, is not perceptible; in practice, any star except the sun

See Also
astro astrognosy distant cosmosphere movement firmament sun
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
star
Rhyming Words
tar atar star otar istar iftar setar retar dotar ottar petar metar dutar attar lutar tatar altar satar uttar matar
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