Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The brightest star in the constellation Ursa Major, approximately 123 light years from Earth. It is one of the seven stars that form the Big Dipper and aligns with Merak to point to Polaris.
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- proper noun astronomy A multiple
star in theconstellation ofUrsa Major and part of thePlough ; Alpha (α) Ursae Majoris.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The nearer of the two stars that help to form this famous Dipper and that point toward Polaris, is called Dubhe by our astronomers.
Life in a Thousand Worlds William Shuler Harris
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Last month Homa Shojaie's show was truly challenging and inspiring, and this evening Dan Giordan's exhibit makes a powerful statement, made from materials tyvek or paper towels that literally and figuratively resonate with his content, in a show called Dubhe Carreno, Melissa Weber's work resembles a reincarnated Ruth Duckworth, with elegant, formal, quiet, beautiful porcelain sculptures and wall pieces.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Paul Klein 2012
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At Dubhe Carreno, Melissa Weber's work resembles a reincarnated Ruth Duckworth, with elegant, formal, quiet, beautiful porcelain sculptures and wall pieces.
Paul Klein: Innovative Art Exhibits Opening This Weekend Paul Klein 2012
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At Dubhe Carreno, Melissa Weber's work resembles a reincarnated Ruth Duckworth, with elegant, formal, quiet, beautiful porcelain sculptures and wall pieces.
Paul Klein: Innovative Art Exhibits Opening This Weekend Paul Klein 2012
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At Dubhe Carreno, Melissa Weber's work resembles a reincarnated Ruth Duckworth, with elegant, formal, quiet, beautiful porcelain sculptures and wall pieces.
Paul Klein: Innovative Art Exhibits Opening This Weekend Paul Klein 2012
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At Dubhe Carreno, Melissa Weber's work resembles a reincarnated Ruth Duckworth, with elegant, formal, quiet, beautiful porcelain sculptures and wall pieces.
Paul Klein: Innovative Art Exhibits Opening This Weekend Paul Klein 2012
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According to Wikipedia, The Ursa Major Moving Group was discovered in 1869 by Richard A. Proctor, who noticed that, except for Dubhe and Alkaid, the stars of the Big Dipper asterism all have proper motions heading towards a common point in Sagittarius.
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Dubhe has a tender, almost pure, respect for and love of art.
Paul Klein: The Opening of the Fall Art Season; Chicago Art is Kicking 2009
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Dubhe says things that are really just all around over the top, he says them all over the place, not just in the Den, and he gets away with it in large part because of his connection with bb– because she gives him room to say them and space to say them.
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What happens around bb and Dubhe matters to me because they do identify as radical feminists and what they write and do affects all the rest of us who identify that way.
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