, in Astronomy, a name given to two constellations, called the greater and the lesser bear, or Ursa major and minor. The pole star is in the tail of the little bear, and is within less than 2 degrees of the north pole. See Ursa, major and minor.
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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.
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