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What (who) is Big Dipper - definition

LARGE GROUPING OF STARS, PART OF URSA MAJOR CONSTELLATION

The Plough; Charles's Wain; Big dipper; Big Dipper (asterism); Charles' Wain; The Great Dipper; Northern Dipper; Big Dipper'; Great Wain; Plough (asterism); Northern Ladle

big dipper

(big dippers)

A big dipper is a fairground ride that carries people up and down steep slopes on a narrow railway at high speed. (BRIT)

= roller coaster

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big dipper

¦ noun

1. Brit. a roller coaster.

2. (the Big Dipper) North American term for plough (in sense 2).

Big Dipper

The Big Dipper (US, Canada) or the Plough (UK, Ireland) is a large asterism consisting of seven bright stars of the constellation Ursa Major; six of them are of second magnitude and one, Megrez (δ), of third magnitude. Four define a "bowl" or "body" and three define a "handle" or "head".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Dipper

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Big Dipper

The Big Dipper (US, Canada) or the Plough (UK, Ireland) is a large asterism consisting of seven bright stars of the constellation Ursa Major; six of them are of second magnitude and one, Megrez (δ), of third magnitude. Four define a "bowl" or "body" and three define a "handle" or "head". It is recognized as a distinct grouping in many cultures. The North Star (Polaris), the current northern pole star and the tip of the handle of the Little Dipper (Little Bear), can be located by extending an imaginary line through the front two stars of the asterism, Merak (β) and Dubhe (α). This makes it useful in celestial navigation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big Dipper

Examples of use of Big Dipper

1. The star is visible from Earth near the Big Dipper.

2. Miss Dietrich also tested her nerve on the park‘s newest wooden coaster, The Big Dipper.

3. It was found on the bed of the old Log Flume lake, which lies below the Big Dipper.

4. The only thing to go down faster in Blackpool was the big dipper on the pleasure beach.

5. "It is the first time in decades that the lake next to the Big Dipper ride has been drained and cleaned.