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Antonyms for constellation

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kon-stuh-ley-shuhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˌkɒn stəˈleɪ ʃən

Definition of constellation

Origin :
  • early 14c., from Old French constellacion "constellation, conjuncture (of planets)," from Late Latin constellationem (nominative constellatio) "set with stars," from constellatus, from Latin com- "with" (see com-) + past participle of stellare "to shine," from stella "star" (see star). Originally in astrology, of position of planets ("stars") in regard to one another on a given day, usually one's birth day, as a determination of one's character. "I folwed ay myn inclinacioun/By vertu of my constillacioun" (Chaucer, "Wife's Prologue," c.1386). Modern astronomical sense is from 1550s.
  • As in pattern : noun arrangement, order
  • As in destiny : noun fate
Example sentences :
  • One of the stars in the constellation of the Pleiades is said to have disappeared.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Commodore Dallas's pennant was flying in the Constellation when I joined her.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • I knew that constellation, for by it one of the men had taught me to find the pole-star.
  • Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
  • It is about the other title of this constellation, "Great Bear."
  • Extract from : « St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. » by Various
  • Beta Cephei is a variable star in the Constellation Cepheus.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 » by Various
  • I 'd certainly not face such a constellation as the three of them.
  • Extract from : « Tony Butler » by Charles James Lever
  • The fall of the foremast ended the battle for the "Constellation."
  • Extract from : « The Naval History of the United States » by Willis J. Abbot.
  • The native Australians called this constellation "The Boomerang."
  • Extract from : « A Field Book of the Stars » by William Tyler Olcott
  • This constellation is said to have been an object of worship in PhÅ“nicia.
  • Extract from : « A Field Book of the Stars » by William Tyler Olcott
  • A view of this constellation through an opera-glass will repay the observer.
  • Extract from : « A Field Book of the Stars » by William Tyler Olcott

Synonyms for constellation

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