Usually means: Brightest star in Aquila constellation.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. Altair: Merriam-Webster
  2. Altair: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Altair: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Altair: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Altair: Vocabulary.com
  6. Altair, altair: Wordnik
  7. Altair: Wiktionary
  8. Altair: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. Altair: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. Altair: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Altair: Dictionary.com
  12. Altair: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Altair (Building), Altair (building), Altair (disambiguation), Altair (film), Altair (rocket stage), Altair (spacecraft), Altair (star), Altair: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. altair: FreeDictionary.org
  15. altair: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. Altair: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. Altair: Rhymezone
  18. Altair: Merriam-Webster

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Altair: CCI Computer
  2. Altair (star), Altair: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ALTAIR: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Altair: Extragalactic Astronomy
  2. ALTAIR: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Altair [weapon] [arsenal], Altair: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Altair)

noun:  (astronomy) 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.

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