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ALTAIR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Double star 15.7 light years from Earth; the brightest star in the Aquila constellation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
binary; binary star; double star (a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation)
Holonyms ("Altair" is a member of...):
Aquila (a constellation in the Milky Way near Cygnus; contains the star Altair)
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