Mizar

[ mahy-zahr ]

/ ˈmaɪ zɑr /

noun Astronomy.

a double star in the middle of the constellation Ursa Major.

Origin of Mizar

From the Arabic word miʾzar literally, apron

Example sentences from the Web for mizar

The star at the bend in the handle of the Big Dipper, called Mizar, is of special interest.

Astronomy for Young Folks |Isabel Martin Lewis
Then Gershom asked me to look 165 up at Mizar, and see if I could make out a small star quite close to it.

The Prairie Child |Arthur Stringer
Look back from these valleys of death and tribulation, to the gleaming summits of yonder distant Mizar hills!

The Hart and the Water-Brooks; |John R. Macduff
Mizar is a double star, and a fourth star is seen in the same field of view with the others (see Plate 5).

Half-hours with the Telescope |Richard A. Proctor

Mizar is of historic interest, as being the first double star to be detected with the aid of the telescope.

Astronomy for Young Folks |Isabel Martin Lewis

British Dictionary definitions for mizar

Mizar

/ (ˈmaɪzɑː) /

noun

a multiple star having four components that lies in the Plough in the constellation Ursa Major and forms a visible binary with the star Alcor. Visual magnitude: 2.1; spectral type: A2V

Word Origin for Mizar

from Arabic mi'zar cloak

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Mizar

noun Astronomy.

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noun

Word Origin for Mizar