Constellation

Quick meaning: Constellation is a noun meaning (figurative) A configuration or grouping of related things.

Meaning

(figurative) A configuration or grouping of related things.

More Meanings

1. A person's character or inclinations, supposedly determined by their horoscope.
2. (astronomy) An arbitrary formation of stars perceived as a figure (especially one from mythology) or pattern, or a division of the sky including it, especially one officially recognized by astronomers; an asterism.
3. The configuration of planets at a given time (especially a person's birth), as believed to affect events on Earth, or used for determining a horoscope.

Example Sentences

Located 11,000 light-years away in the northern constellation Cassiopeia, Cas A is the remnant of a once massive star that died in a violent explosion 325 years ago.

Harpa Georgii, or the Harp of George, is a new constellation introduced on the maps by one of the German astronomers, in honour of the late king of England, George III.

Up, up, faire Bride, and call, / Thy ſtarres, from out their ſeverall boxes, take / Thy Rubies, Pearles, and Diamonds forth, and make / Thy ſelfe a conſtellation, of them All.

Who can doubt that poetry will revive and lead in a new age, as the star in the constellation Harp, which now flames in our zenith, astronomers announce, shall one day be the pole-star for a thousand years?

Word Forms

• constellations

Synonyms for constellation

Depending on context, synonyms include configuration.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include configuration, galaxy, satellite, universe, myriad, set-up.

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