lodestar
Significat (Anglès)
- A star used as a navigation reference, particularly a pole star such as Polaris.
- (figuratively) A guiding tenet or principle.
- A calculated amount to award as attorney's fees derived by multiplying the reasonable number of hours spent working on a case by the reasonable hourly billing rate.
Conceptes
estel guia
Sinònims
Traduccions
Leitstern
stella polare
norte
poolster
estrela guia estrela Polar estrela-guia
النجم القطبي
çobanyıldızıPronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈləʊd.stɑː(ɹ)/
Etimologia (Anglès)
In summary
From Middle English lode (“journey, course”) + star, where lode is an archaic noun from the verb lithe (“to go, journey”), related to lead. Other Middle English spellings include: 14th century loode sterre, lood-sterre, lade-sterne; and 15th century lode sterre. Cognate with Old Norse leiðarstjarna, Dutch leidster, German Leitstern, Danish ledestjerne, Swedish ledstjärna.
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