Dipper
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- noun
- /ˈdɪpər/
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- Many people enjoy stargazing, especially when they can spot the Little Dipper.
- Big Dipper
- Little Dipper
- stars in the dipper
One of the earliest cities of dynastic China has a pattern which resembles the star system of the Dipper.
- One of the earliest cities of dynastic China has a pattern which resembles the star system of the Dipper.
- But but I got a children's book out called The Dimly Lit Star, which is all about the two last stars on the Big Dipper, Mama shines and Little shines.
Examples
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While the dippers seem changeless, fixed forever in these sparkling puzzles, they are not.
Fiction book (1999) -
The dippers are in the north.
Fiction book (1999) -
As seen from most of the United States, the dippers never set.
Fiction book (1999) -
The dipper was awesome, laying claim to its patch of sky.
Fiction book (1998) -
The two stars that form the pan of the dipper that is opposite the handle are the pointer stars.
Academic text (1994) -
Known also as the Plough and the Saucepans, each dipper is in turn part of a larger constellation.
Fiction book (1999) -
And almost directly above Aldebaran are the "Seven Sisters" or "Pleiades," that distinctive little dipper-shaped cluster of stars.
Blog text (34) -
Dubhe, which together with Merak forms the outside of the bowl of the dipper and points toward Polaris, is the most distant Big Dipper star at 124 light years.
Academic text (2011) -
The closest of these stars is Mizar, which is the middle star of three that compose the handle of the dipper, and the light I'm seeing this Christmas Eve left that star in 1920, about the time American women acquired the long-overdue constitutional right to vote.
Academic text (2011) -
YEP, THAT'S SATURN AND JUPITER, AND THERE'S THE BIG DIPPER, AND THAT'S THE NORTH STAR.
Synonyms
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A pattern of seven bright stars that looks like a large ladle in the northern sky
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A group of seven bright stars in the sky that form the Big Dipper
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A group of seven stars that look like a small spoon in the northern sky with Polaris at its handle
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A small group of stars that makes a clear shape in the night sky
A group of seven bright stars in the northern sky called the Big Dipper
A group of seven bright stars that form the Big Dipper in the Ursa Major star pattern
Compounds
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A group of seven stars that look like a small spoon in the northern sky with Polaris at its handle
- Literature
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A person who receives a government salary and a pension at the same time
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dipper comes from the English verb dip, which means 'put into liquid'. People named the star group a dipper because its seven stars look like a long ladle or spoon that could 'dip' into the sky, so the name helps you picture the shape and find the North Star.