Megrez

noun

Me·​grez ˈme-ˌgrez 

ˈmē-

astronomy

: a blue-white star of the third magnitude that is seen in the constellation Ursa Major and is the dimmest star in the Big Dipper

Megrez, the star where the handle joins the bowl, is the faintest member of the Dipper. It is about 81 light-years away.

—John Stanley, The Arizona Republic (Phoenix), 25 June 2011

called also Delta Ursae Majoris

Word History

First Known Use

1912, in the meaning defined above

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