Meaning of "Serpens" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SERPENS

Latin: serpent.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SERPENS

Serpens  [ˈsɜːpənz]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SERPENS

Serpens 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 SERPENS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Serpens

Serpens is a constellation of the northern hemisphere. One of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, it remains one of the 88 modern constellations defined by the International Astronomical Union. It is unique among the modern constellations in being split into two non-contiguous parts, Serpens Caput to the west and Serpens Cauda to the east. Between these two halves lies the constellation of Ophiuchus, the "Serpent-Bearer". In figurative representations, the body of the serpent is represented as passing behind Ophiuchus between μ Ser in Serpens Caput and ν Ser in Serpens Cauda. The brightest star in Serpens is Unukalhai or Cor Serpentis "Serpent's Heart", with an apparent magnitude of 2.63. Part of the Milky Way passes through Serpens Cauda, which is thus rich in deep-sky objects, such as the Eagle Nebula and its associated star cluster Messier 16. The nebula measures 70 light-years by 50 light-years and contains the Pillars of Creation, three dust clouds that became famous for the image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Definition of Serpens in the English dictionary

The definition of Serpens in the dictionary is a faint extensive constellation situated in the N and S equatorial regions and divided into two parts, Serpens Caput lying between Ophiuchus and Boötes and Serpens Cauda between Ophiuchus and Aquila.

TRANSLATION OF SERPENS

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The translations of Serpens from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Serpens» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 巨蛇
• Translator English - Spanish: Serpens
• English: Serpens
• Translator English - Hindi: सर्पेंस
• Translator English - Arabic: الأثعبانية
• Translator English - Russian: Змея
• Translator English - Portuguese: Serpens
• Translator English - Bengali: Serpens
• Translator English - French: Serpent
• Translator English - Malay: Serpens
• Translator English - German: serpens
• Translator English - Japanese: へび
• Translator English - Korean: 뱀자리
• Translator English - Javanese: Serpens
• Translator English - Vietnamese: Serpens
• Translator English - Tamil: Serpens
• Translator English - Marathi: सर्पन्स
• Translator English - Turkish: Serpens
• Translator English - Italian: Serpente
• Translator English - Polish: Serpens
• Translator English - Ukrainian: змія
• Translator English - Romanian: Serpens
• Translator English - Greek: Serpens
• Translator English - Afrikaans: serpens
• Translator English - Swedish: Serpens
• Translator English - Norwegian: Serpens

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SERPENS»

Discover the use of Serpens in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Serpens and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Bergey's Manual® of Systematic Bacteriology

The former species Aquaspirillum bengal (Kumar et al., 1974, 457) has been assigned to A. serpens as A. serpens biovar bengal (Boivin et al., 1985) . Based on sufficient phenotypic differences and a low level of DNA relatedness, A. serpens ...

David R. Boone, Richard W. Castenholz, George M. Garrity, 2005

Beowulf and the Dragon: Parallels and Analogues

The term serpens only is used in Anl, Cal, Cll, Sal, Sa2, Sa3, Sa4, Sa5, Sa6, Sa9, SalO, Sall, Vgl. The following passages present a combination of different serpentine terms, always used synonymously to refer to the same animal(s): Arl, Ar2 ...

Christine Rauer, 2000

Brady's Book of Fixed Stars

THE STARS OF OPHIUCHUS AND SERPENS are now broken up into three consrellations: Ophiuchus, the Serpent Holder; Caput Serpens; and Cauda Serpens, the latter two being sections of the serpent which are on each side of Ophiuchus ...

Bernadette Brady, 1999

Illustrated Guide to Astronomical Wonders: From Novice to ...

NAME: Serpens (SUR-penz) SEASON: Late spring CULMINATION: midnight, 3June ABBREVIATION: Ser GENITIVE: Serpentis (sur-PEN-tis) NEIGHBORS: Aql , Boo, CrB, Her, Lib, Oph, Sct, Sgr, Vir URBAN OBJECTS: NGC 5904 (M 5), IC 4756 ...

Robert Thompson, Barbara Thompson, 2007

Serpens

Edited by Patrick Remy. Text by Jacqueline Goy.

Patrick Remy, Ivan Ineich, 2008

Star Clusters in the Era of Large Surveys: Proceedings of ...

Ana Duarte-Cabral, Nicolas Peretto, Gary A. Fuller, and Clare L. Dobbs Abstract The Serpens North Cluster is a nearby low mass star forming region which is part of the Gould Belt. It contains a range of young stars thought to correspond to two  ...

André Moitinho, João Alves, 2011

The Descent of Perfection

Serpens Cauda, she realized, must have been half-mermaid. That certainly was the only explanation of being able to send air into someone else's lungs. And maybe it helped explain, at least a little, why she seemed so strange in general.

Seth Kenlon, 2012

Plants of British Columbia: Scientific and Common Names of ...

... Amblystegium juratzkanum Schimp. = Amblystegium serpens var. juratzkanum [AMBLSERl] Amblystegium juratzkanum var. giganteum (Grout) Grout = Amblystegium serpens var. juratzkanum [AMBLSERl] Amblystegium noterophilum (Sull.

Hong Qian, K. Klinka, 1998

Viewing the Constellations with Binoculars: 250+ Wonderful ...

SERPENS (The Serpent) CORONA BOREALIS OPHIUCHUS AQUILA SCUTUM OPHIUCHUS HERCULES SERPENS CAUDA M24 IC4756 M16 M 5 α η ν κ γ ε λ μ δ β θ ο ν ξ ρ π ι ω σ 10 5 R χ 1τ 59 ζ OPHIUCHUS SAGITTARIUS SERPENS ...

Bojan Kambic, 2009

The Rough Guide to the Universe

Coordinates of Brightest Star Unukalhai (Mag 2.62): RA 15h 44m 16s, Dec 6° 25' 02" Size Of Constellation Boundaries 637 square degrees (Serpens Caput & Serpens Cauda) Bounded by Corona Borealis, Bootes, Virgo, Libra, Ophiuchus,  ...

John Scalzi, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SERPENS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Serpens is used in the context of the following news items.

El ´Serpens´, tercer satélite con sello vigués, se lanzará desde …

Empieza la cuenta atrás para el lanzamiento del tercer satélite de "marca" viguesa. El "Serpens", en cuya fabricación participó la Agrupación Aeroespacial de la ... «Faro de Vigo, Jul 15»

NASA captures image of Cosmic Fireworks

The researchers found that the X-ray brightness of the stars in NGC 1333 and the Serpens cloud depends on the total brightness of the stars across the ... «Clarksville Online, Jul 15»

Dvacet sezón Sdružení Serpens v synagoze na Palmovce

Sdružení Serpens bylo založeno v květnu roku 1995 s cílem překračovat zažité hranice jednotlivých uměleckých oborů a realizovat divadelní, hudební a ... «Český rozhlas, Jun 15»

Confirmado para octubre el lanzamiento del nanosatélite brasileño …

(defensa.com) El satélite de pequeño porte SERPENS- acrónimo de Sistema Espacial para la Realización de Investigaciones y Experimentos con Nano ... «Defensa.com, May 15»

Hypernova: one direct hit of its deadly gamma rays and life on Earth …

Returning to the present, some of the sky's finest sights can be seen in Serpens the Serpent, the only constellation that strangely exists in two halves, Serpens ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 15»

El programa de nano satélites brasileño SERPENS será puesto en …

(defensa.com) El proyecto de nano satélites Serpens (Sistema Espacial para la Realización de Investigaciones y Experimentos con Nanosatélites) fue ... «Defensa.com, Apr 15»

What Are the Colors of Alien Life?

The Milky Way, from Scutum to Serpens and northern Sagittarius. Credit Image by John Chumack / Science Source. Just before it became the first man-made ... «The New Yorker, Apr 15»

Nanossatélite brasileiro passa por testes no Japão

A professora Chantal Cappelletti apresenta o nanossatélite Serpens ao presidente da Agência Espacial Brasileira, José Raimundo Braga Coelho. [Imagem: ... «Site Inovação Tecnológica, Mar 15»

España y Brasil se unen para poner en órbita nanosatélite

El proyecto forma parte del programa Serpens (Sistema Espacial para la Realización de Investigación y Experimentos con Nanosatélites. Foto: Cortesía ... «La Prensa, Mar 15»

Winds of Supermassive Black Holes Can Shape Galaxy-Wide Star …

PDS 456 is a bright quasar residing in the constellation Serpens Cauda (near Ophiuchus). The data graph shows both a peak and a trough in the otherwise ... «Universe Today, Feb 15»