fixed star

noun

Etymology

Originally so named as to distinguish the stars that appear to have a fixed position on the firmament from the “wandering stars”, i.e., the planets.

Definitions

  1. A star whose movement cannot be seen from Earth.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fixed star. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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