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Definition of Little Dipper
1. Noun. A cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris.
Generic synonyms: Asterism
Group relationships: Little Bear, Ursa Minor
Member holonyms: North Star, Polar Star, Polaris, Pole Star, Polestar
Definition of Little Dipper
1. Proper noun. (constellation) A bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a ladle or cart. It is part of the constellation Ursa Minor and includes the northern pole star Polaris. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Little Dipper
Literary usage of Little Dipper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents: Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"Let the pupils find the Little Dipper in the sky for themselves and ask ...
Is the Little Dipper nearer or farther from the Pole- star than the Big Dipper? ..."
2. Astronomy by Observation: An Elementary Text-book for High-schools and Academies by Eliza A. Bowen (1886)
"Fronting this page, there is a small map containing three very important groups
of stars, called the Great Dipper, the Little Dipper, and Cassiopeia's Chair ..."
3. The Riverside Readers by James Hixon Van Sickle, Wilhelmina Seegmiller (1911)
"Now, any bright night you can find the big dipper in the sky; and, if you look
well, you will find a little dipper, too. Will you find a big bucket by the ..."
4. Everyday Science by William Henry Snyder (1919)
"The Great Bear and the Little Bear — or, as they are more commonly called, the
Big Dipper and the Little Dipper — are probably the best known of all the ..."
5. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1917)
"The Pole Star is the tip of the Little Bear's tail, or as others have it, the
end of the handle of the Little Dipper. East of the Little Dipper is Draco, ..."
6. Common School Education: Devoted to the Art of Instruction (1889)
"... drawn ; so the teacher draws the seven stars that form the Little Dipper, and
tells the children of the two bright ones besides the North Star. ..."
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