Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Scorpius and Virgo.
- noun The seventh sign of the zodiac in astrology.
- noun One who is born under this sign.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun [capitalized] An ancient zodiacal constellation, representing an ordinary pair of scales.
- noun [capitalized] The seventh sign of the zodiac, represented by the character #214, which shows the scale-beam.
- noun An Italian or Spanish pound.
- noun All these statements are taken from the work of the Russian Commission, and differ in some cases from Italian official figures. The Castilian libra was 7,101 grains; that of Portugal was 7,083.3 grains.
- noun A money of account at Alicante in Spain; the peso, worth 10 reals.
- noun A new gold coin of Peru, struck under a decree of January 10, 1898, and of the same standard and weight as the pound sterling.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The Balance; the seventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the autumnal equinox in September, marked thus ♎ in almanacs, etc.
- noun A southern constellation between Virgo and Scorpio.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun astronomy : A
constellation of thezodiac , supposedly shaped like a set ofscales . - proper noun astrology : The
astrological sign for thescales , ruled by Venus and covering September 24 - October 23 (tropical astrology ) or October 16 - November 16 (sidereal astrology ). - noun Someone with a Libra
star sign
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra
- noun the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22
- noun a small faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere; between Virgo and Scorpius
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The last word, the very last word, in Libra is “history” which on page 321 he defines as “the sum total of all things they aren't telling us.”
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Don DeLillo's reconstruction of Lee Harvey Oswald and the Kennedy assassination in Libra (1988) is one example.
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In his offhand way, DeLillo teaches many important lessons in Libra, including certain etymologies, for instance the relationship in Arabic between the words assassin and hashish (on page 342).
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Libra is yelling at April while Rennie is yelling at Jerry.
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Interestingly enough, trump 11 Justice, which corresponds to the astrological sign Libra, is at the point of equilibrium (center of mass) of this arrangement.
Archive 2007-07-01 2007
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You mean in the living room, when I called Libra a bitch?
Exit interview with 'Big Brother 10"s April Dowling | EW.com 2008
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Born on October 10, 1930, Pinter is a libra/horse – the measured commander, his Sun in Libra/Moon in Taurus – (same as Steve Reich, F. Scott Fitzgerald and M. Antonioni, charming, cultured, determined, good judgment, and patient.)
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Born on October 10, 1930, Pinter is a libra/horse – the measured commander, his Sun in Libra/Moon in Taurus – (same as Steve Reich, F. Scott Fitzgerald and M. Antonioni, charming, cultured, determined, good judgment, and patient.)
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Reading Ray's letters calls to mind such ego-deformed drifters as Don DeLillo's Lee Harvey Oswald, in Libra, and Norman Mailer's Gary Gilmore, in The Executioner's Song.
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Reading Ray's letters calls to mind such ego-deformed drifters as Don DeLillo's Lee Harvey Oswald, in Libra, and Norman Mailer's Gary Gilmore, in The Executioner's Song.
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