star map
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of star map
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Cracks and crevices became hidden patterns, and our walls, floors, ceilings and sidewalks are filled with designs worthy of an astrologer’s star map.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2023
The first person we know did this was Greek polymath Hipparchus, who created a star map noting the brightness of various stars more than two millennia ago.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 28, 2023
Next, they match the patterns of stars they see in the sky to the ones shown on the star map and make a record of it.
From Space Scoop ● Feb. 17, 2023
This suggested that the bird’s stargazing skills were learned, not derived from some star map encoded in their genes, Dr. Emlen and his colleagues argued.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2021
I have seen an advertisement for these: you send in your money, and you get a certificate with a star map, your own star marked on it.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
