Pole Star

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Pole Star

the. the star closest to the N celestial pole at any particular time. At present this is Polaris, but it will eventually be replaced by some other star owing to precession of the earth's axis

Pole Star [′pōl ‚stär]

(astronomy)

Polaris

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