Centaur
See also: centaur
English
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Alternative forms
- (astronomy): centaur
Etymology
{ME}; Latin Centaurus; Greek (Kentauros); (Eng. usg. ca. 14c)
Noun
Centaur (plural Centaurs)
- (Greek mythology) One of a race of monsters having a head, torso, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse. Often depicted as rowdy drunkards, with Chiron being a notable exception.
- A skillful horseman or horsewoman.
- (astronautics) A U.S. upper stage, with a restartable liquid-propellant engine, used with an Atlas or Titan booster to launch satellites and probes.
- (astronomy) An icy planetoid that orbits the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune
Translations
Greek mythology
a skillful horseman or horsewoman
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Rocketry
astronomy
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Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
From centaur.
Proper noun
Centaur m