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  • proper noun astronomy Epsilon Ursae Majoris, the brightest star in Ursa Major.

Etymologies

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Arabic

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Examples

  • To be honest, SourceForge looks like it has more features, but Alioth is a Debian-run service, which might be better for me in the long-run, considering I want to become a Debian Developer.

    stonetable.org » 2004 » May 2004

  • To be honest, SourceForge looks like it has more features, but Alioth is a Debian-run service, which might be better for me in the long-run, considering I want to become a Debian Developer.

    stonetable.org » Making progress feels good 2004

  • I just hope I remember my Alioth account, so that I can properly contribute to the debichem project.

    Autogenerating CML bindings for XMPP services with XMLBeans Egon Willighagen 2009

  • I just hope I remember my Alioth account, so that I can properly contribute to the debichem project.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Egon Willighagen 2009

  • In effect, Alioth, Mizar, and Arcturus in Bootes became the hands of our clock, telling us the hour as they swung around the polestar.

    Orphans of Chaos 2005

  • The Alioth incident had carried a finders 'credit on the 732 and now the staggering Nekkarese gratuity.

    the ship who sang McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1969

  • Alioth would rue the day its religious hierarchy decided to hijack the cargo of a Service ship, much less kidnap its brawn.

    the ship who sang McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1969

  • "The end justifies the means, and might I remind you that for some reason, unknown forever to God and man, your list of restricted planets did NOT include Alioth, as by the fingernails of that God they should have!"

    the ship who sang McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1969

  • Alioth, fourth planet of its solar system, was far enough out from its primary to get little of its brightness and its volcanic era predisposed it to Dantean excesses.

    the ship who sang McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1969

  • Such as the tangle she and Kira had got into on Alioth.

    the ship who sang McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1969

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