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   con·stel·la·tion

   /ˌkänstəˈlāSH(ə)n/

   noun

   • 1. a group of stars forming a recognizable pattern that is traditionally named after its apparent form or identified with a mythological figure. Modern astronomers divide the sky into eighty-eight constellations with defined boundaries.
   • ▪ a group or cluster of related things: "no two patients ever show exactly the same constellation of symptoms"

   Word Origin Middle English (as an astrological term denoting the relative positions of the ‘stars’ (planets), supposed to influence events): via Old French from late Latin constellatio(n-), based on Latin stella ‘star’.

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