Meaning of ASTEROPE
| Pronunciation: | | a'steru`pee
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- [n] one of the stars in the star cluster Pleiades
- [n] (Greek mythology) one of the 7 Pleiades
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ASTEROPE is a 8 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Synonyms: | | Sterope, Sterope |
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| | See Also: | | nymph, Pleiades, Pleiades, star | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \As*ter"o*pe\, n. [Gr. ?, lit., lightning.]
1. (Myth.) One of the Pleiades; -- called also {Sterope}.
2. (Astron.) A double star in the Pleiades (21 k and 22 l
Pleiadum, of the 5.8 and 6.4 magnitude respectively),
appearing as a single star of the 5.3 magnitude to the
naked eye.
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