(often initial capital letter) of or pertaining to the North, especially the northern U.S.
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Astronomy. north of the celestial equator or of the zodiac: a northern constellation.
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a person living in a northern region or country.
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(initial capital letter) a steam locomotive having a four-wheeled front truck, eight driving wheels, and a four-wheeled rear truck.
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Northernis always a great word to know.
So is alpha. Does it mean:
So is meteoroid. Does it mean:
So is penumbra. Does it mean:
used to designate the brightest star in a constellation
a zodiacal constellation between Scorpius and Capricorn also called the Archer
any of the small bodies, often remnants of comets, traveling through space: when such a body enters the earth's atmosphere it is heated to luminosity and becomes a meteor
a large system of stars held together by mutual gravitation and isolated from similar systems by vast regions of space
the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, such as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off
either of the two times a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator that takes place about June 21 and about December 22