constellation

«constellation» in Mova's school dictionary: a group of stars that people see as a pattern or picture… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a constellation, constellations)

meaning for a pupil

1) A constellation is a group of stars that people see as a pattern or picture in the night sky and give a name to. tree →

2) A constellation can mean a group of related things or people. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons on space, pupils learn about constellations like the Big Dipper (the Plough), Orion and the Southern Cross. People in the past used constellations to find their way and tell the seasons. The Southern Cross appears on the flags of Australia and New Zealand. Phrases: the constellation of Orion, find a constellation, star patterns.

examples

• Orion is a constellation that looks like a hunter. tree →
• The Plough is part of a constellation called the Great Bear. tree →
• In Australia you can see the Southern Cross constellation. tree →
• Sailors used constellations to find their way. tree →
• We looked for constellations on the camping trip. tree →
• There are 88 official constellations. tree →
• Stars in a constellation may be very far from each other. tree →
• After her death she was placed by Zeus among the stars as a constellation, under the name of Arctos, or the bear. tree →

note

Countable noun. Spelling: con-stel-la-tion, double l. The stars in a constellation only look close from Earth. Myth: star signs (astrology) are not science; astronomy is the science of stars.

In the corpora

• Since 1922 to 1930 astronomers have used 88 official constellations covering the whole sky.
• The Southern Cross, Crux, is the smallest of the 88 constellations.
• Groups of stars that make pictures in the sky are called constellations.
• The stars of a constellation are usually at very different distances from us.
• Astronomers divide the whole sky into 88 constellations.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «constellation» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.