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Cassiopeia
[ kas-ee-uh-pee-uh ]
noun
- Astronomy. a northern constellation between Cepheus and Perseus.
- Classical Mythology. the wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda.
Cassiopeia
1/ ˌkæsɪəˈpiːə /
noun
- a very conspicuous W-shaped constellation near the Pole Star. Cassiopeia A is a very strong radio and X-ray source, identified as the remnant of a supernova thought to have occurred in the late 17th century
Cassiopeia
2/ ˌkæsɪəˈpiːə /
noun
- Greek myth the wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda
Cassiopeia
/ kăs′ē-ə-pē′ə /
- A W-shaped constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Andromeda and Cepheus.
Derived Forms
- ˌCassioˈpeian, adjective
Other Words From
- Cassi·o·peian adjective
Example Sentences
The two here are 7,500 light-years away and are known as the Double Cluster, located halfway between the bright stars in the constellations Perseus and Cassiopeia.
Cassiopeia was said to have been an Ethiopian; and was, therefore, in spite of her boasted beauty black.
I advise any who's been in love with a woman under Cassiopeia to go and think about her under the Southern Cross.
Thus might Cassiopeia, glass in hand, in her golden chair sit in high heaven!
This star of great size and unwonted brilliancy appeared in the Chair of Cassiopeia.
Her mother, Cassiopeia, had boasted that she was fairer than Juno and the Nereides.
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