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The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Pole-star

    or Polaris, a star in the northern hemisphere, in Ursa Minor, the nearest conspicuous one to the N. pole of the heavens, from which it is at present 1½° distant; a straight line joining the two "pointers" in Ursa Major passes nearly through it.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. pole-star

    α Ursæ minoris. This most useful star is the lucida of the Little Bear, round which the other components of the constellation and the rest of the heavens appear to revolve in the course of the astronomical day.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pole-star in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pole-star in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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