Pole Starn.

Brit.

/ˈpəʊl stɑː/, U.S.

/ˈpoʊl ˌstɑr/

Forms: see pole n.² and star n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pole n.², star n.¹

Etymology: < pole n.² + star n.¹ Compare polar star n.

a. A prominent star in the constellation Ursa Minor (α Ursae Minoris) which is close to the north celestial pole and may be used (in northern latitudes) to find the direction of north.Also called lodestar, North Star, Polaris, polar star; †cynosure, †shipman's star.

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the world > the universe > star > kind of star > giant > [noun] > supergiant > Pole star

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Pole Star1555

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Arctic Pole1565

polar star1578

northern star1590

cynosure1596

Polaris1675

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. vi. f. 32 The starre which we caule the pole starre [L. pollarem..stellam], or northe starre..is not the very poynte of the pole Artyke.

1581 W. Borough Discours Variation Cumpas vii. sig. D.iv^v The guardes and Pole starre.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 94 The Pole-starre..in the tip of the little Beares taile.

1682 J. Flamsteed Gresham Lect. (1975) 241 [Riccioli] determines the apparent height of the pole from the observed greatest & least Meridionall heights of the pole star to be onely 44°.30′.10″.

1785 Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1 67 I shall select the observations which were made on β in the shoulder of Aquarius, and those of the pole star.

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 515 We find, that the remarkable star called the pole-star is more or less elevated, according to the different parts of the earth from which we take our view.

1890 C. A. Young Elem. Astron. §24. 16 All the stars appear to move in concentric circles around a point near the Pole-star.

1955 Sci. News Let. 27 Aug. 138/1 This group [sc. Ursa Minor] contains the little dipper, with Polaris, the pole star, at the end of the handle.

2000 R. King Brunelleschi's Dome (2001) xvii. 151 Mariners calculated their latitude by using the astrolabe to take angle sights on the Pole Star, measuring the angle between its direction overhead and the horizon.

b. In extended use: a star visible to the naked eye that marks, has marked, or will mark the position of either of the celestial poles.Because of the precession of the equinoxes, the north celestial pole traces an approximate circle in the sky with a period of 25,800 years. The pole is currently less than one degree from α Ursae Minoris, the present pole star, and will be closest in about 2100, after which it will slowly move away towards a star in the constellation Cepheus.

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1708 S. Ockley tr. Abu Jaafar ebn Tophail Improvem. Human Reason 82 Because he liv'd under the Equinoctial Line..both North and South were alike to him, and he could see both the Pole Stars.

1791 S. Stearns Amer. Oracle iv. 62 The terrestrial circles and poles of the earth are supposed to be extended to the heavens. Hence, if two stars should be found in those points, they would be called pole stars; but as there are not..the nearest to them are called by that name.

1837 R. W. Emerson Oration before Phi Beta Kappa Soc. 4 The star in the constellation Harp, which now flames in our zenith..shall one day be the pole-star.

1868 W. Lockyer & J. N. Lockyer tr. A. Guillemin Heavens (ed. 3) 333 The Southern cross—the pole-star of the South.

1901 J. F. Hewitt Mythmaking Age i. i. 8 When Vega in the Constellation of the Vulture or Lyra became Pole Star.

1964 D. H. Menzel Field Guide Stars & Planets vi. 246 The 5.5 magnitude star σ Oct is the southern pole star, very inconspicuous compared with Polaris.

1978 R. Burnham Burnham's Celestial Handbk. (ed. 2) III. 2009 The star Thuban (Alpha Draconis) was the Pole Star some 4600 years ago.

2. figurative. A person who or thing which serves as a guide; a governing principle, a guiding light; (also) a centre of attraction, a landmark. Cf. lodestar n. 2, cynosure n. 2.

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society > authority > control > [noun] > guidance > that which guides

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clew1385

Palinurus1567

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thread1580

twist1580

sea-mark1589

Pole Star1590

cynosure1596

buoya1603

oracle1612

leading light1653

gospela1674

indexc1750

polar stara1774

pilot star1789

clue1840

guidance1841

guideline1917

breadcrumb trail1969

1590 E. Daunce Briefe Disc. Spanish State 43 Vertue being the lodestone, or polestarre of perfect loue.

1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) iv. ii. §3. 147 Pleasure is the pole-stare of all inordinat passions.

1659 D. Pell Πελαγος To Rdr. sig. d4 Let this Epistle bee thy Janisary, or Pole-star to the perusal of this book.

1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron II. vi. xix. 66 Common sense alone is the Pole-star, by which Mankind ought to steer.

1798 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) I. 433 It's high huge Steeple..must be quite a Pole-Star.

1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 1 387/2 His moral pole-star was duty.

1890 H. Caine Bondman ii. xiii The pole-star of my life is gone out.

1986 New Scientist 11 Dec. 47/1 Price went to southern California (as always the Pole Star for American eccentrics) and organised..the Deluge Geology Society.

2000 J. F. Callahan in R. Ellison & A. Murray Trading Twelves p. xii Murray seems his friend's polestar, a point of reference he counts on against personal and artistic uncertainties.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pole star
释义	Pole Starn. Brit. /ˈpəʊl stɑː/, U.S. /ˈpoʊl ˌstɑr/ Forms: see pole n.² and star n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pole n.², star n.¹ Etymology: < pole n.² + star n.¹ Compare polar star n. 1. a. A prominent star in the constellation Ursa Minor (α Ursae Minoris) which is close to the north celestial pole and may be used (in northern latitudes) to find the direction of north.Also called lodestar, North Star, Polaris, polar star; †cynosure, †shipman's star. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > star > kind of star > giant > [noun] > supergiant > Pole star North Stara1387 polea1398 shipman-star1398 pole arcticc1400 tramontanec1400 transmontane starc1400 pommel1503 sail-star?c1510 Pole Star1555 star?1555 Arctic Pole1565 polar star1578 northern star1590 cynosure1596 Polaris1675 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. vi. f. 32 The starre which we caule the pole starre [L. pollarem..stellam], or northe starre..is not the very poynte of the pole Artyke. 1581 W. Borough Discours Variation Cumpas vii. sig. D.iv^v The guardes and Pole starre. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 94 The Pole-starre..in the tip of the little Beares taile. 1682 J. Flamsteed Gresham Lect. (1975) 241 [Riccioli] determines the apparent height of the pole from the observed greatest & least Meridionall heights of the pole star to be onely 44°.30′.10″. 1785 Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1 67 I shall select the observations which were made on β in the shoulder of Aquarius, and those of the pole star. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 515 We find, that the remarkable star called the pole-star is more or less elevated, according to the different parts of the earth from which we take our view. 1890 C. A. Young Elem. Astron. §24. 16 All the stars appear to move in concentric circles around a point near the Pole-star. 1955 Sci. News Let. 27 Aug. 138/1 This group [sc. Ursa Minor] contains the little dipper, with Polaris, the pole star, at the end of the handle. 2000 R. King Brunelleschi's Dome (2001) xvii. 151 Mariners calculated their latitude by using the astrolabe to take angle sights on the Pole Star, measuring the angle between its direction overhead and the horizon. b. In extended use: a star visible to the naked eye that marks, has marked, or will mark the position of either of the celestial poles.Because of the precession of the equinoxes, the north celestial pole traces an approximate circle in the sky with a period of 25,800 years. The pole is currently less than one degree from α Ursae Minoris, the present pole star, and will be closest in about 2100, after which it will slowly move away towards a star in the constellation Cepheus. ΚΠ 1708 S. Ockley tr. Abu Jaafar ebn Tophail Improvem. Human Reason 82 Because he liv'd under the Equinoctial Line..both North and South were alike to him, and he could see both the Pole Stars. 1791 S. Stearns Amer. Oracle iv. 62 The terrestrial circles and poles of the earth are supposed to be extended to the heavens. Hence, if two stars should be found in those points, they would be called pole stars; but as there are not..the nearest to them are called by that name. 1837 R. W. Emerson Oration before Phi Beta Kappa Soc. 4 The star in the constellation Harp, which now flames in our zenith..shall one day be the pole-star. 1868 W. Lockyer & J. N. Lockyer tr. A. Guillemin Heavens (ed. 3) 333 The Southern cross—the pole-star of the South. 1901 J. F. Hewitt Mythmaking Age i. i. 8 When Vega in the Constellation of the Vulture or Lyra became Pole Star. 1964 D. H. Menzel Field Guide Stars & Planets vi. 246 The 5.5 magnitude star σ Oct is the southern pole star, very inconspicuous compared with Polaris. 1978 R. Burnham Burnham's Celestial Handbk. (ed. 2) III. 2009 The star Thuban (Alpha Draconis) was the Pole Star some 4600 years ago. 2. figurative. A person who or thing which serves as a guide; a governing principle, a guiding light; (also) a centre of attraction, a landmark. Cf. lodestar n. 2, cynosure n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [noun] > guidance > that which guides lodestarc1374 clew1385 Palinurus1567 stern1577 thread1580 twist1580 sea-mark1589 Pole Star1590 cynosure1596 buoya1603 oracle1612 leading light1653 gospela1674 indexc1750 polar stara1774 pilot star1789 clue1840 guidance1841 guideline1917 breadcrumb trail1969 1590 E. Daunce Briefe Disc. Spanish State 43 Vertue being the lodestone, or polestarre of perfect loue. 1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) iv. ii. §3. 147 Pleasure is the pole-stare of all inordinat passions. 1659 D. Pell Πελαγος To Rdr. sig. d4 Let this Epistle bee thy Janisary, or Pole-star to the perusal of this book. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron II. vi. xix. 66 Common sense alone is the Pole-star, by which Mankind ought to steer. 1798 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) I. 433 It's high huge Steeple..must be quite a Pole-Star. 1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 1 387/2 His moral pole-star was duty. 1890 H. Caine Bondman ii. xiii The pole-star of my life is gone out. 1986 New Scientist 11 Dec. 47/1 Price went to southern California (as always the Pole Star for American eccentrics) and organised..the Deluge Geology Society. 2000 J. F. Callahan in R. Ellison & A. Murray Trading Twelves p. xii Murray seems his friend's polestar, a point of reference he counts on against personal and artistic uncertainties. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1555
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