PLEIADES

Pleiades

(noun) a star cluster in the constellation Taurus

Pleiades

(noun) (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades; placed among the stars to save them from the pursuit of Orion

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Proper noun

Pleiades p

(Greek god) The "seven sisters", companions of Artemis and daughters of the Titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione.

(astronomy) An open cluster of hot blue stars in the constellation Taurus, and the most easily visible such cluster from Earth.

Synonyms

• Seven Sisters

Source: Wiktionary

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Ple"ia*des, n. pl. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (

1. (Myth.)

Definition: The seven daughters of Atlas and the nymph Pleione, fabled to have been made by Jupiter a constellation in the sky.

2. (Astron.)

Definition: A group of small stars in the neck of the constellation Taurus. Job xxxviii. 31.

Note: Alcyone, the brightest of these, a star of the third magnitude, was considered by Mädler the central point around which our universe is revolving, but there is no sufficient evidence of such motion. Only six pleiads are distinctly visible to the naked eye, whence the ancients supposed that a sister had concealed herself out of shame for having loved a mortal, Sisyphus.

PLEIAD

Ple"iad, n.

Definition: One of the Pleiades.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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