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Definition of Altair
1. Noun. Double star 15.7 light years from Earth; the brightest star in the Aquila constellation.
Definition of Altair
1. Proper noun. (star) The brightest star in the constellation Aquila; Alpha (?) Aquilae. It is the twelfth brightest star in the sky, and forms one corner of the Summer Triangle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Altair
Literary usage of Altair
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Friendly Stars by Martha Evans Martin (1907)
"It lies just at the edge of the Milky Way; and, for any one who has learned the
position of Deneb, it will be easy to find Altair by running the eye down ..."
2. The Weekly Reporter by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain. Privy Council, Great Britain. Supreme Court of Judicature (1897)
"From what I have found as to the negligence of the master of The Altair, ...
If I were to hold that the master of The Altair was blameless in the matter, ..."
3. A History of the Personal Computer: The People and the Technology by Roy A. Allan, ( (2001)
"Paul Allen left Honeywell and joined MITS Inc., to develop software for the Altair
8800 in March. Shortly after joining MITS, Allen became the Director of ..."
4. The Museum of Science and Art by Dionysius Lardner (1855)
"... and Altair.—26. Orion. 1. To all persons in whose minds a taste for the study
of nature has been awakened, there is no spectacle which excites an ..."
5. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents, Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"Also a line drawn at right angles to the line connecting Altair with its companions
... Altair in the constellation of the Eagle. Altair The Northern Cross, ..."
6. One Thousand New Hampshire Notables: Brief Biographical Sketches of New by Henry Harrison Metcalf, Frances Matilda Abbott (1919)
"... St. Michael's and St. Luke's, officiating twelve years at the latter church;
Episcopalian; member, Altair Lodge, Brooklyn, American Guild of Organists, ..."
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