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UK
/kɒnstɪlˈeɪʃən/
]
[ US /ˌkɑnstəˈɫeɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ˌkɑnstəˈɫeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- a configuration of stars as seen from the earth
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an arrangement of parts or elements
the outcome depends on the configuration of influences at the time
How To Use constellation In A Sentence
- Feed no more blossoms to the wind, abnegate the constellations, negate the sea and what is left of your world?
- That Constellation would not sign a power purchase agreement for its own reactor is a stunning admission that atomic energy cannot compete with natural gas or renewables. Harvey Wasserman: Nuke "Renaissance" Leaps off Calvert Cliffs
- Viewed from Machu Picchu, the constellation we call the Southern Cross, which was also known and of some importance to the Inca, rises on east and sets on west of Salcantay, and at its highest point is directly above the mountain. Exploring the Inca Heartland: The Mountain Gods
- He would call owls, listen to the peepers, and point out constellations.
- Why couldn't ESMD have simply directed that things be done in metric in the first place - in compliance with NASA's own regulations (note the OIG report from 2001 years before Constellation was even started). NASA Watch: June 2009 Archives
- The first such variable was seen in the constellation Cepheid in 1784.
- A little to the south-east of this summit lies a curious constellation of rock tors, three individual outcrops of fine-grained granite.
- In Greek myth, the Big Dipper asterism represents the hindquarters and tail of the constellation Ursa Major, the Great Bear.
- Adams took over responsibility for "a shining constellation of museums ... with the responsibility to use these resources for the cultural enrichment and education of the nation".
- Gathered here tonight at this annual ceremony we have a whole constellation of film stars.