subconstellation

subconstellation

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ constellation.

Noun

subconstellation (plural subconstellations)

  1. (astronomy) A subordinate or smaller constellation[1].
    • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
      the Pleiades, or subconstellation upon the back of Taurus
    • 2013, Lawrence Winkler, The Final Cartwheel, page 118:
      the three stars of the belt and three in the sword, but an additional subconstellation, imagined as the various army generals for a warrior chief.
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References

  1. ^ “subconstellation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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