"fixed star" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fixed stars [plural]
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. Head templates: {{en-noun}} fixed star (plural fixed stars)
  1. (astronomy) A star whose movement cannot be seen from Earth. Wikipedia link: fixed stars Categories (topical): Obsolete scientific theories, Stars Related terms: faxed star Translations (distant star): ἀστὴρ ἀπλανής (astḕr aplanḗs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), 恆星 /恒星 (héngxīng) (Chinese Mandarin), fiksa stelo (Esperanto), kiintotähti (Finnish), Fixstern [masculine] (German), Standstern [masculine] (German), απλανής αστέρας (aplanís astéras) [masculine] (Greek), כּוֹכַב שֶׁבֶת (kocháv shévet) [masculine] (Hebrew), fastastjarna [feminine] (Icelandic), sólstjarna [feminine] (Icelandic), bintang tetap (Indonesian), sabitah (Indonesian), réalta sheasta [feminine] (Irish), 恒星 (kōsē) (Japanese), 항성 (hangseong) (Korean), stella fixa (Latin), بیابانی (bîyâbânî) (Persian), ایستاده (istâde) (Persian), неподви́жная звезда́ (nepodvížnaja zvezdá) [feminine] (Russian), estrella fija [feminine] (Spanish), fixstjärna [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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