Associations to the word «Altair»

Wiktionary

ALTAIR, proper noun. (star) The brightest star in the constellation Aquila; Alpha (α) Aquilae. It is the twelfth brightest star in the sky, and forms one corner of the Summer Triangle.

Dictionary definition

ALTAIR, noun. Double star 15.7 light years from Earth; the brightest star in the Aquila constellation.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope