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PRONUNCIATION OF PHOLUS

Pholus  [ˈfəuləs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHOLUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pholus is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PHOLUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of Pholus in the English dictionary

The definition of Pholus in the dictionary is a large astronomical object, some 2000 km in diameter, discovered in 1991. Its elliptical orbit around the earth, between the orbits of Neptune and Saturn, has a period of 93 years. It has been classified as an asteroid although it lies outside the main asteroid belt.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHOLUS


atlas
ˈætləs
balas
ˈbæləs
bolas
ˈbəʊləs
calculus
ˈkælkjʊləs
Dallas
ˈdæləs
Douglas
ˈdʌɡləs
fabulous
ˈfæbjʊləs
fearless
ˈfɪələs
flawless
ˈflɔːləs
Hellas
ˈhɛləs
jealous
ˈdʒɛləs
Nicholas
ˈnɪkələs
oculus
ˈɒkjʊləs
ridiculous
rɪˈdɪkjʊləs
shirtless
ˈʃɜːtləs
sleeveless
ˈsliːvləs
stimulus
ˈstɪmjʊləs
stylus
ˈstaɪləs
surplus
ˈsɜːpləs
Tellus
ˈtɛləs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHOLUS

Phocaea
phocine
Phocis
phocomelia
phocomelic
phocomely
phoebe
Phoebus
Phoebus Apollo
Phoenices
Phoenicia
Phoenician
Phoenician juniper
phoenix
Phoenix Islands
phoenixism
phoenixlike
pholas
pholidosis
Phomvihane

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHOLUS

Aeolus
alveolus
bolus
carolus
discobolus
embolus
gladiolus
holus-bolus
malleolus
modiolus
nucleolus
obolus
semisolus
solus
tholus
urceolus

Synonyms and antonyms of Pholus in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Pholus» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHOLUS

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

Translator English - Chinese

Pholus
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Folo
570 millions of speakers

English

Pholus
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Pholus
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Pholus
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Фол
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Pholus
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Pholus
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Pholus
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pholus
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pholus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Pholus
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Pholus
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pholus
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Pholus
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Pholus
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Pholus
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Pholus
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Folo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Pholus
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фол
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Pholus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Φόλος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Pholus
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Pholus
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Pholus
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Pholus

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHOLUS»

The term «Pholus» is normally little used and occupies the 130.926 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PHOLUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Pholus» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Pholus» 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 Pholus

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHOLUS»

Discover the use of Pholus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Pholus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Astrology Book: The Encyclopedia of Heavenly Influences
Unlike Chiron, Pholus experienced immediate death and endured no long-term suffering. Symbolically, this Centaur refers to relinquishing the need for penance concerning an act of wrongdoing. Though the opening of the wine was not a ...
James R. Lewis, 2003
2
Life After Grief: An Astrological Guide to Dealing with Loss
All of these facets of Pholus – his blindness to the future, his confusion of boundaries, his naivety – are aspects of Neptune struggling with the material world of Saturn, trying to bring spirit or spirituality into some form of manifestation and hence ...
Darrelyn Gunzburg, 2004
3
Shakespeare Survey
speare's. The inn serves as a kind of signpost for centaur icons, and Charles Garton persuasively argues that the twin Antipholuses derive their name from the centaur, Pholus, whom Shakespeare probably knew from Ovid's Metamorphoses.
Stanley Wells, 2003
4
Asteroids III
Colors A wide range of broadband colors has been found in the Centaur population. The colors vary from neutral or slightly blue for 2060 Chiron (V-R = 0.37) to very red for 5145 Pholus (V-R = 0.78). 7066 Nessus has a red color very similar to ...
William Frederick Bottke, 2002
5
Hazards Due to Comets and Asteroids
More recent investigations have calculated the long-term evolution of a much larger number of test particles with initial orbital elements similar to those of Chiron and Pholus, for time scales in the range 0.1 to 1.0 Myr (Hahn and Bailey 1990; ...
Tom Gehrels, Mildred Shapley Matthews, A. M. Schumann, 1994
6
Centaurs: 2060 Chiron, 5145 Pholus, Centaur, 10199 Chariklo, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Books, LLC (Firm), 2010
7
Dictionary of Classical Mythology
One of the CENTAURS, but unlike his fellows, who were descended from Ixion's son Centaurus, Pholus was the son of the satyr SILENUS by a Melian nymph. His nature, too, differed from that of the other Centaurs, and while they were wild ...
Jennifer R. March, 2014
8
Stories from Greek History: In a Series of Tales Related to ...
Hercules set off to Erymanthus, hut on his way he came in the evening to a cave where the Centaur Pholus lived, and wished to pass the night there. There lived many Centaurs there on the mountain, who had always a large wine cask, that ...
Barthold Georg Niebuhr, 1843
9
Astrobiology: Future Perspectives: Future Perspectives
Their spectral reflectances in the 0.3-1.0 μm region range from the very flat spectrum of Chiron to the extraordinarily steep (upward toward longer wavelength) spectra of Pholus and 1993 HA2 (7066 Nessus). This extreme degree of redness ...
Pascale Ehrenfreund, 2006
10
Collisional Processes in the Solar System
Near infrared reflection spectra of Centaurs 5145 Pholus (Luu et al., 1994) and 2060 Chiron (Luu et al., 2000). The spectrum of Pholus has been shifted vertically for clarity. The lines show model fits to the Pholus (Cruikshank et al., 1998) and ...
Mikhail I︠A︡kovlevich Marov, Hans Rickman, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHOLUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Pholus is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Quaestio De Centauris
... he never had before, the exploits of his violent ancestors, Nessus, Pholus; that his entire human half was crammed with dreams, with noble, ... «The New Yorker, May 15»
2
The Dark Energy Survey Begins to Reveal Previously Unknown …
Yellow objects serve as reference: Neptune's moon Triton, Saturn's moon Phoebe, centaur Pholus, and the planet Mars. The object's color ... «Universe Today, Jan 15»
3
The Capricorn New Moon and Solstice
(It features Ceres and Pholus in Sagittarius, Jupiter in Leo, and Eris in Aries). A balance of order, chaos and nourishment is at play any time you ... «Chronogram, Dec 14»
4
Venus Opposite Uranus: Expect the Unexpected In Relationships
For one, Mars is still conjunct Pholus (small cause, big effect) in Sagittarius, and the two of them are in harmony with Uranus. This suggests ... «Chronogram, Oct 14»
5
The Side Jobs Of Hercules Were Far More Awesome Than His Labors
This technically happened during one of the labors, but it's far funnier than Hercules killing a wild pig. Pholus, a centaur, runs across Hercules ... «Uproxx, Jul 14»
6
How To Name A Planet
Chiron, Daphnis, and Pholus are probably the most well-known of these. Many centaurs appear in myths about the labors of Hercules, as well. «The League of Ordinary Gentlemen, Oct 12»
7
Newsletter Dedicated to Natural Healing and Wellness Summer …
... astrologer, and investigative journalist, who explores the roots of homeopathy and the “Small Cause, Big Effect of Pholus the Centaur” in The ... «PR Web, Jul 12»
8
Is Chiron an asteroid? A comet? Or what?
Pholus and the other centaurs have not shown cometary behavior, so they remain only in the minor-planet category. “ Advertisement. To me this is significant, ... «Beliefnet.com, Jul 09»
9
Distant planetoid Sedna gives up more secrets
A similar "space weathering" process occurs on a 200-kilometre-wide object called Pholus, which lies near Saturn and is also very red. «New Scientist, Apr 05»
10
Schools enter Solar System orbits
... including the largest asteroid, Ceres, and some of the centaurs (objects that migrated in from the outer Solar System), such as Pholus. «BBC News, Jul 04»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Pholus [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pholus>. Apr 2024 ».
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