Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A double star in Auriga, the brightest star in the constellation, approximately 46 light years from Earth.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A star, the fifth in the heavens in order of brightness.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Asrton.) A brilliant star in the constellation Auriga.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • proper noun astronomy : A bright double star in the constellation Auriga; Alpha (α) Aurigae.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the brightest star in Auriga
  • noun snipes

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin, diminutive of caper, goat.]

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From Latin capella, "she-goat" or "kid"

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Examples

  • I don't have the right term in my head, but A Capella is an instrumentation, or an orchestration.

    Travel Meme joshenglish 2009

  • There is also the matter of wrongful death at the hands of Federation agents of our representative on the planet you call Capella Four.

    Pawns and Symbols Majliss Larson 2000

  • _Aix_, and we call Capella, the "sons" on this inference being the three small stars near, called by the Greeks and by ourselves the "Kids."

    The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture 1889

  • To be even more blunt: If the entire haruspical tradition is from the Near East and related closely with Babylonian or Hittite religion which share the same practices, then why aren't Etruscologists doing the sensible thing and putting away their childish toys namely Capella's fictitious poetry and picking up a book on Babylonian or Hittite divination practices in order to understand Etruscan religion more competently?

    Finding structure in the Piacenza Liver despite academic claptrap - Part 4 2008

  • In a small church, called the Capella di Christo, over the altar within a niche, is a wooden figure of our Lord, said to be 800 years old.

    The South of France—East Half C. B. Black

  • The sovereign brilliancy of Sirius pierced the eye with a steely glitter, the star called Capella was yellow, Aldebaran and

    Far from the Madding Crowd 1874

  • The sovereign brilliancy of Sirius pierced the eye with a steely glitter, the star called Capella was yellow, Aldebaran and Betelgueux shone with a fiery red.

    Far from the Madding Crowd 1874

  • On the right hand is the new sacristy, otherwise called the Capella dei

    Passages from the French and Italian Notebooks, Volume 2. Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834

  • On the right hand is the new sacristy, otherwise called the Capella dei

    Passages from the French and Italian Notebooks, Complete Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834

  • Destiny's Wild even went so far as to gripe that Neapolitan had stolen their idea of singing the song a Capella, which is hardly a novel concept.

    IGN TV 2010

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