constellation
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noun
a
group
of
star
s forming a
recognizable
pattern
that is
traditionally
named
after its apparent form or
identified
with a
mythological
figure
. Modern
astronomer
s divide the
sky
into
eighty-eight
constellations with defined boundaries.
〘天〙 星座
a
group
or
cluster
of
related
thing
s:
⦅文⦆ ; 〖a ~〗 (同種の物・人などの)集まり, 集合
e.g.
no two patients ever show exactly the same constellation of symptoms.
ORIGIN
Middle English
(as an
astrological
term
denoting the relative
position
s of the ‘
stars
’ (
planets
), supposed to influence
event
s): via
Old French
from late
Latin
constellatio(n-)
, based on
Latin
stella
‘
star
’.