Meaning

1 senses
  1. A reference star that is used to maintain the alignment and tracking of a telescope (as the Earth rotates)

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Do you believe in guiding stars?

  2. Guided by the star, they reached the island.

    ruВедомые путеводной звездой, они достигли берегов острова. — pandabear

    deVom Stern geführt, erreichten sie die Insel. — Sudajaengi

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  3. Logical conclusions are the scarecrows of idiots and the guiding stars of the wise.

    deLogische Folgerungen sind die Vogelscheuchen der Dummen und die Leitsterne der Weisen. — Esperantostern

  4. You are my guiding star.

    ruВы моя путеводная звезда. — soniamiku

  5. You will always live in our memory, oh dear mother, guiding star, our light.

Forms

plural: guide stars
Singularguide star
Pluralguide stars

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedpole star

See also

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