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Meaning of "Arcturus" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ARCTURUS

From Latin, from Greek Arktouros, from arktos bear + ouros guard, keeper.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ARCTURUS

Arcturus  [ɑːkˈtjʊərəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ARCTURUS

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Arcturus is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ARCTURUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Arcturus

Arcturus of the constellation Boötes is the brightest star in the northern celestial hemisphere. With a visual magnitude of −0.04, it is the fourth brightest star in the night sky, after −1.46 magnitude Sirius, −0.86 magnitude Canopus, and −0.27 magnitude Alpha Centauri. It is a relatively close star at only 36.7 light-years from Earth, and, together with Vega and Sirius, one of the most luminous stars in the Sun's neighborhood. Arcturus is a type K1.5 IIIpe orange giant star, with an absolute magnitude of −0.30. It has likely exhausted its hydrogen from the core and is currently in its active hydrogen shell burning phase. It will continue to expand before entering horizontal branch stage of its life cycle.

Definition of Arcturus in the English dictionary

The definition of Arcturus in the dictionary is the brightest star in the constellation Boötes: a red giant. Visual magnitude: –0.4; spectral type: K2III; distance: 37 light years.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ARCTURUS


anurous
æˈnjʊərəs
brachyurous
ˌbrækɪˈjʊərəs
Carreras
kəˈrɛərəs
coenurus
siːˈnjʊərəs
dangerous
ˈdeɪndʒərəs
dolichurus
ˌdɒlɪˈkjʊərəs
Epicurus
ˌɛpɪˈkjʊərəs
eremurus
ˌɛrɪˈmjʊərəs
Eurus
ˈjʊərəs
generous
ˈdʒɛnərəs
glamorous
ˈɡlæmərəs
glamourous
ˈɡlæmərəs
Honduras
hɒnˈdjʊərəs
humorous
ˈhjuːmərəs
hydrosulphurous
ˌhaɪdrəʊˈsʌlfjʊərəs
miurus
maɪˈjʊərəs
numerous
ˈnjuːmərəs
rigorous
ˈrɪɡərəs
thysanurous
ˌθɪsəˈnjʊərəs
urus
ˈjʊərəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ARCTURUS

Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Ocean
arctic redpoll
arctic skua
arctic tern
arctic willow
Arctic Zone
arctically
arctiid
Arctogaea
Arctogaean
arctoid
arctophil
arctophile
arctophilia
arctophilist
arctophily
Arcturian

WORDS THAT END LIKE ARCTURUS

allosaurus
ankylosaurus
apatosaurus
brachiosaurus
brontosaurus
Centaurus
dolichosaurus
Epidaurus
hadrosaurus
ichthyosaurus
mosasaurus
stegosaurus
Taurus
Ten Gurus
thesaurus
tyrannosaurus

Synonyms and antonyms of Arcturus in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Arcturus» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ARCTURUS

Find out the translation of Arcturus to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Arcturus from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Arcturus» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

大角星
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Arcturus
570 millions of speakers

English

Arcturus
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आर्कटुरस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السماك الرامح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Арктур
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Arcturus
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Arcturus
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Arcturus
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Arcturus
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Arcturus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アルクトゥルス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

악튜러스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Arcturus
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Arcturus
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆர்க்துரஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आर्कटुरस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Arcturus
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Arcturus
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Arcturus
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Арктур
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Arcturus
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Αρκτούρος
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Arcturus
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Arcturus
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Arcturus
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Arcturus

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ARCTURUS»

The term «Arcturus» is regularly used and occupies the 75.191 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ARCTURUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Arcturus» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Arcturus» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Arcturus

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARCTURUS»

Discover the use of Arcturus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Arcturus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Arcturus Probe: Tales and Reports of an Ongoing ...
Thus unfolds the tale of the Arcturian experimental way station, V.24.4, otherwise known as Mars.
Jose Arguelles, 1996
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A Voyage to Arcturus
Maskull held it up with difficulty, directed it toward the gleaming Arcturus, and snatched as long and as steady a glance at the star as the muscles of his arm would permit. What he saw was this. The star, which to the naked eye appeared as a ...
David Lindsay, 2013
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Light from Arcturus
Readers of the early prairie novels of Willa Cather will recognize Julia Hauser. Recent Bison Book reprints of Winter Wheat, Fireweed, and The Curlew's Cry have renewed interest in the novels of Mildred Walker.
Mildred Walker, 1935
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Arcturus; the Hunting Hound: And Other Stories
Five short stories taking place in Russia, two about animals, a blind dog and a circus bear, and three about boys or men and their relationships to nature.
I︠U︡riĭ Kazakov, 1968
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Arcturus Landing
Johnny Parent was driven by a furious anger - anger against the cocky aliens from out space and anger against the company which had hire him to build the space drive which would lift the quarantine against Earth.
Gordon R. Dickson, 2011
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Visible and near infrared atlas of the Arcturus spectrum, ...
CD-ROM contains: Data in ASCII format; data in FITS format; line lists; volume I data.
Kenneth Hinkle, Lloyd V. Wallace, Jeff Valenti, 2000
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Arcturus, Or, The Bright Star in Bootes: An Easy Guide to ...
magnitude, called Arcturus, nearer the horizon than the Great Bear ? y^l I quite remember it. <qfg) Can you also remember whether Arcturus was to the right or the left of the Great Bear? ^Efi Yes, mamma, I have it all like a map before my eyes, ...
Catharine Maria Sedgwick, 1871
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The Brightest Stars: Discovering the Universe through the ...
earliest memories of Arcturus don't go back as far as those I have of Sirius and Orion. Iwas surely only seven or eight, however, when I stood out near the country road in front of my lifelong home in early spring and saw, poised at the top of a ...
Fred Schaaf, 2008
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A Voyage to Arcturus (Webster's Japanese Thesaurus Edition)
This edition is written in English. However, there is a running Japanese thesaurus at the bottom of each page for the more difficult English words highlighted in the text. There are many editions of A Voyage to Arcturus.
David Lindsay, Inc Icon Group International, 2010
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The Friendly Stars
This is Arcturus. To find it begin at the end of the handle of the Big Dipper and, following the curve of the handle, extend a line about thirty degrees, or until you come to the first brilliantly shining star. There is no other very bright star in this ...
Martha Evans Martin, Donald Howard Menzel, 1964

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ARCTURUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Arcturus is used in the context of the following news items.
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Captain Comics: The 10 best tiny heroes
... him were the Micronauts, consisting of Commander Arcturus Rann (based on the “Time Traveler” toy), Princess Mari (“Marionette”), Acroyear, ... «Memphis Commercial Appeal, Jul 15»
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Starry, starry nights – with Steve Pond
The bright orange coloured star Arcturus, can be observed at the base of the Bootes and just to the left of the top of it is Corona Borealis or the ... «East Grinstead Online, Jul 15»
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Ukrainians organise mass water fight to tackle heat wave
The mass water fight was organised by a Ukrainian youth organisation called 'Arcturus and friends' in partnership with other volunteer groups, ... «Ukraine Today, Jul 15»
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This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 3 – 11
Also the two brightest stars of summer: Arcturus, 37 light-years away, very high toward the southwest, and Vega, 25 light-years distant, nearly ... «Sky & Telescope, Jul 15»
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Look for stars while watching fireworks
The bright orange star Arcturus, seen high in the southwest on July evenings, is rushing by at 122 km/second. It still looks like it isn't moving to ... «NEagle, Jul 15»
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Southern Cross Stargazer for July
Overhead, westbound Arcturus (red giant star) sparkles beyond the tip of the Big Dipper's handle in the north. Corona Borealis, a stellar ... «Miami Herald, Jul 15»
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JoAnne Lynne Artis Toledo
She was also an active member of the Club Arcturus serving a term as the Secretary, producing newsletters, and setting up some of the first ... «Lompoc Record, Jul 15»
8
Pennsylvania Starwatch: Stargazing starts late in July
The brightest actual star in the sky this month is Arcturus, the brightest star of the summer sky. At twilight's end, Arcturus is perched high in the ... «News Item, Jun 15»
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Midnight Society: The Black Lake #1
That wasn't the case forty years ago when English adventurers Arcturus Finn and Kevin Kaycee were searching for monsters big and small. «HorrorTalk, Jun 15»
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Arcturus Experiment with Alien Influences and a Gong on 'Arcturian'
"It would probably anal probe it and use it as a hat because they can do that in this alien dimension" — this is what Arcturus vocalist I.C.S. ... «Exclaim!, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Arcturus [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/arcturus>. May 2024 ».
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