Usually means: Group of stars forming pattern.
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  1. constellation: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. constellation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. constellation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. constellation: Collins English Dictionary
  5. constellation: Vocabulary.com
  6. Constellation, constellation: Wordnik
  7. constellation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. constellation: Wiktionary
  9. constellation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. constellation: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. constellation: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. constellation: Dictionary.com
  13. constellation: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. constellation: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  16. Constellation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. constellation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. constellation: Rhymezone
  19. Constellation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. constellation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. constellation: Free Dictionary
  22. constellation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. constellation: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. Constellation: CCI Computer
  2. Constellation (astronomy), constellation: Encyclopedia

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Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. constellation: Wordcraft Dictionary

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Constellation: Easton Bible

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  1. From Stargazers to Starships Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Constellation: Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy
  3. Constellation: Extragalactic Astronomy
  4. constellation: Prime

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Definitions from Wiktionary (constellation)

noun:  (astronomy) An arbitrary formation of stars perceived as a figure (especially one from mythology) or pattern, or a division of the sky including it, especially one officially recognized by astronomers; an asterism.
noun:  (modern astronomy) Any of the 88 regions of the sky officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union, including all stars and celestial bodies in the region.
noun:  (figurative) A configuration or grouping of related things.
noun:  A wide, seemingly unlimited, assortment.
noun:  (figurative) An array of marks or items.
noun:  (psychoanalysis) Synonym of complex (“a collection of ideas caused by repressed emotions that leads to an abnormal mental condition”)
noun:  (sexuality) A network of connections between people who are in polyamorous relationships, for example between a person, their partner, and that person's partner.
noun:  (space science) A fleet of satellites used for the same purpose.
noun:  (astrology, obsolete)
noun:  The configuration of planets at a given time (especially a person's birth), as believed to affect events on Earth, or used for determining a horoscope.
noun:  A person's character or inclinations, supposedly determined by their horoscope.

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