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{
"etymology_text": "Originally called thus to distinguish the stars that appear to have a fixed position on the firmament from the “wandering stars” – the planets.",
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"glosses": [
"A star whose movement can not be seen from Earth."
],
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"links": [
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[
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(astronomy) A star whose movement can not be seen from Earth."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "faxed star"
}
],
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],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "distant star",
"word": "恆星"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "héngxīng",
"sense": "distant star",
"word": "恒星"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "distant star",
"word": "fiksa stelo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "distant star",
"word": "kiintotähti"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "distant star",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Fixstern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "distant star",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Standstern"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "aplanís astéras",
"sense": "distant star",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "απλανής αστέρας"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "astḕr aplanḗs",
"sense": "distant star",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ἀστὴρ ἀπλανής"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "kocháv shévet",
"sense": "distant star",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "כּוֹכַב שֶׁבֶת"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "distant star",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fastastjarna"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "distant star",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sólstjarna"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "distant star",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "réalta sheasta"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kōsē",
"sense": "distant star",
"word": "恒星"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hangseong",
"sense": "distant star",
"word": "항성"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "distant star",
"word": "stella fixa"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bîyâbânî",
"sense": "distant star",
"word": "بیابانی"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "istâde",
"sense": "distant star",
"word": "ایستاده"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nepodvížnaja zvezdá",
"sense": "distant star",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "неподви́жная звезда́"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "distant star",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "estrella fija"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "distant star",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "fixstjärna"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"fixed stars"
]
}
],
"word": "fixed star"
}
{
"etymology_text": "Originally called thus to distinguish the stars that appear to have a fixed position on the firmament from the “wandering stars” – the planets.",
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"tags": [
"plural"
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"glosses": [
"A star whose movement can not be seen from Earth."
],
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],
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],
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"(astronomy) A star whose movement can not be seen from Earth."
],
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"astronomy",
"natural-sciences"
],
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"fixed stars"
]
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],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "distant star",
"word": "恆星"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "héngxīng",
"sense": "distant star",
"word": "恒星"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "distant star",
"word": "fiksa stelo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "distant star",
"word": "kiintotähti"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "distant star",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Fixstern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "distant star",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Standstern"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "aplanís astéras",
"sense": "distant star",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "απλανής αστέρας"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "astḕr aplanḗs",
"sense": "distant star",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ἀστὴρ ἀπλανής"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "kocháv shévet",
"sense": "distant star",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "כּוֹכַב שֶׁבֶת"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "distant star",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fastastjarna"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "distant star",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sólstjarna"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "distant star",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "réalta sheasta"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kōsē",
"sense": "distant star",
"word": "恒星"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hangseong",
"sense": "distant star",
"word": "항성"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "distant star",
"word": "stella fixa"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bîyâbânî",
"sense": "distant star",
"word": "بیابانی"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "istâde",
"sense": "distant star",
"word": "ایستاده"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nepodvížnaja zvezdá",
"sense": "distant star",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "неподви́жная звезда́"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "distant star",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "estrella fija"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "distant star",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "fixstjärna"
}
],
"word": "fixed star"
}
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