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Little Dipper

noun

, Astronomy.
  1. the group of seven bright stars in Ursa Minor resembling a dipper in outline.


Little Dipper

noun

  1. the Little Dipper
    a small faint constellation, the brightest star of which is the Pole Star, lying 1° from the true celestial pole Also known asUrsa Minorthe Bearthe Little Bear
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Little Dipper

/ lĭtl /

  1. An asterism composed of seven stars in the constellation Ursa Minor that form the outline of a dipper.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Little Dipper1

First recorded in 1835–45
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Example Sentences

Therefore sailors choose the two brighter stars in the end of the cup of the Little Dipper, and watch them, for an hour-hand.

The Little Dipper, as an address for the use of mortals, struck him as rather remote.

Beyond question, she was the girl of the Little Dipper; there was no mistaking her.

Well, those two stars are in the outer rim of the Little Dipper.

I myself have seen the Little Dipper at noonday in that manner.

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