Centaurus, Centaur
(noun) a conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross
centaur
(noun) (classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse
Source: WordNet® 3.1
{ME}; Latin Centaurus; Greek (Kentauros); (Eng. usg. ca. 14c)
Centaur (plural Centaurs)
(Greek mythology) One of a race of monsters having a head, torso, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse. Often depicted as rowdy drunkards, with Chiron being a notable exception.
A skillful horseman or horsewoman.
(rocketry) A U.S. upper stage, with a restartable liquid-propellant engine, used with an Atlas or Titan booster to launch satellites and probes.
(astronomy) An icy planetoid that orbits the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune
• near cut, traunce, uncrate, untrace
centaur (plural centaurs)
(Greek mythology) A mythical beast having a horse's body with a man's head and torso in place of the head and neck of the horse.
Synonym: hippocentaur
(astronomy, also, capitalised) An icy planetoid that orbits the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune.
(chess) A chess-playing team comprising a human player and a computer who work together.
• near cut, traunce, uncrate, untrace
Source: Wiktionary
Cen"taur, n. Etym: [L. centaurus, Gr.
1. (Class. Myth.)
Definition: A fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse.
2. (Astron.)
Definition: A constellation in the southern heavens between Hydra and the Southern Cross.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
