Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Greek Mythology A giant hunter, pursuer of the Pleiades and lover of Eos, killed by Artemis.
- noun A constellation in the celestial equator near Gemini and Taurus, containing the stars Betelgeuse and Rigel.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A constellation situated in the southern hemisphere with respect to the ecliptic, but the equinoctial crosses it nearly in the middle.
- noun In entomology, a genus of cerambycid beetles, with two South American species, founded by Guérin in 1843.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Astron.) A large and bright constellation on the equator, between the stars Aldebaran and Sirius. It contains a remarkable nebula visible to the naked eye.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun Greek mythology A
giant -hunter ,pursuer of thePleiades andlover ofEos , andkilled byArtemis . - proper noun astronomy A
constellation on thecelestial equator close toGemini andTaurus , containing thestars Betelgeuse andRigel . - proper noun A male
given name of modern usage.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a constellation on the equator to the east of Taurus; contains Betelgeuse and Rigel
- noun (Greek mythology) a giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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And then another child goes missing Also By Laura Lippman Baltimore Blues Charm City Butchers Hill In Big Trouble The Sugar House In a Strange City The Last Place Every Secret Thing ORION First published in Great Britain in 2003 by Orion, an imprint of the Orion Publishing Group Ltd.
Every Secret Thing Lippman, Laura, 1959- 2003
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Last month, the company said it will build a compact Buick, called the Verano, at a factory in Orion, Mich.
Cadillac to Make Small Car Sharon Terlep 2010
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If Ares I/Orion is the path that gets us there, well, so be it.
President's Science Advisor Talks About NASA - NASA Watch 2009
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Eliminating Shuttle will eliminate capability for missions such as the recent Hubble mission, but Dr. David S. Leckrone's perspective on Orion is distorted by his incorrect assumption that it is only designed to support ISS.
Candid Comments on the Constellation Program - NASA Watch 2009
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Take for example Orion from the Fourth World series.
21 « August « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009
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CONAN: Terry Tempest Williams 'piece appears in Orion magazine.
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Take for example Orion from the Fourth World series.
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GM will assemble the new Buick Verano at a factory in Orion, Mich., where GM also will make the Chevrolet Aveo subcompact car, this person said.
GM Plans Compact Car for Buick Sharon Terlep 2010
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Draw an oval around the Sun running to about the n in Orion, and that is the CCW.
March 4th, 2009 m_francis 2009
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Sandra Steingraber, in Orion Magazine, calls the rise of hydrofracking "the environmental issue of our time."
The Media Consortium: Weekly Mulch: How the Status Quo Benefits Natural Gas Companies The Media Consortium 2010
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