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Meaning of "vesta" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VESTA

Named after the goddess.

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

PRONUNCIATION OF VESTA

ˈvɛstə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VESTA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Vesta 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 VESTA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of vesta in the English dictionary

The definition of vesta in the dictionary is a short friction match, usually of wood.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VESTA

ancestor · Avesta · cesta · Chester · cuesta · ester · Esther · fiesta · investor · Leicester · NESTA · polyester · rester · semester · siesta · Sylvester · testa · tester · trimester · Zend-Avesta

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VESTA

vest · vest pocket · vest top · vest-pocket · vestal · vestal virgin · vestally · vested · vested interest · vestee · vestiaries · vestiary · vestibular · vestibular system · vestibule · vestibulitis · vestibulocochlear nerve · vestibulum · vestige · vestigial

WORDS THAT END LIKE VESTA

Aosta · Augusta · barista · basta · Batista · Boa Vista · Buena Vista · celesta · costa · egesta · fashionista · festa · gangsta · ingesta · Malatesta · pasta · podesta · Rasta · turista · vista

Synonyms and antonyms of vesta in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «vesta» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF VESTA

Find out the translation of vesta to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

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

Translator English - Chinese

灶神星
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

vesta
570 millions of speakers
en

English

vesta
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

वेस्टा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الثقاب
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

веста
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

vesta
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ভেস্ট্যা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

Vesta
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Vesta
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Vesta
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ベスタ
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

베스타
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Vesta
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Vesta
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

வெஸ்டா
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

व्हेस्टा
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Vesta
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

vesta
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

Vesta
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

веста
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

Vesta
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

vesta
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vesta
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Vesta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vesta
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of vesta

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VESTA»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of vesta
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «vesta».

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

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VESTA»

Discover the use of vesta in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to vesta and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Project Vesta: Fire in Dry Eucalypt Forest: Fuel Structure, ...
The four main scientific aims of Project Vesta were: To quantify the changes in the behaviour of fire in dry eucalypt forest as fuel develops with age (i.e. time since fire); To characterise wind speed profiles in forest with different ...
JS Gould, WL McCaw, NP Cheney, 2008
2
Software Configuration Management Using Vesta
This book presents a comprehensive survey of the Vesta system for software configuration management (SCM).
Clark Allan Heydon, Roy Levin, Timothy P. Mann, 2010
3
My Life with an Unsung Hero
The purpose of the book is to educate the people about how Zimbabwe’s armed struggle was started and who participated in the beginning.
Vesta Sithole, 2006
4
The Dawn Mission to Minor Planets 4 Vesta and 1 Ceres
This volume will be a valuable reference for anyone who uses data from the instruments of the DAWN mission. Previously published in Space Science Reviews, Vol. 163/1-4, 2011.
Christopher Russell, Carol Raymond, 2012
5
Classroom Assessment in Action
Classroom Assessment in Action clarifies the multi-faceted roles of measurement and assessment and their applications in a classroom setting.
Mark D. Shermis, Francis J. Di Vesta, 2011
6
Persian love poetry
This collection of extracts has been selected from the best of traditional and contemporary Persian poetry.
Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Sheila R. Canby, British Museum, 2006
7
Wessex Revisited
After twenty years of what most would consider a 'good' marriage, Clarissa - an attractive, talented, forty-something schoolteacher in the North of England - begins to sense an increasing dissatisfaction with life.
Vesta Robson, 2011
8
Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites
In 1970, T.B. McCord and his coworkers at the Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii, made astronomical history when they were the first to recognize similar characteristics between the spectra of 4 Vesta and a specific ...
O. Richard Norton, Lawrence Chitwood, 2008
9
Persian Myths
The traditional tales and stories of ancient Iran, which occupied a vast area of Central Asia, describe confrontations between good and evil, the victories of the gods, and the exploits of heroes and fabulous supernatural creatures such as ...
Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, 1993
10
Rubber Stamp Extravaganza
Rubber Stamp Extravaganza features over a dozen different craft projects, an incredible variety of decorative articles for home or to wear, greeting cards, original artwork, glassware, light switch plates and more.Vesta Abel, founder of ...
Vesta Abel, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VESTA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term vesta is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Interactive 3D map reveals elevation, craters and mineral levels on …
In 2011 the unmanned Dawn spacecraft became humanity's first ever emissary to the huge asteroid Vesta, which resides in the asteroid belt between Mars and ... «Daily Mail, Apr 15»
2
Vesta—Ceres' little sister
The fact that Vesta nevertheless has more to offer than the overwhelming majority of its smaller asteroid siblings is down to its inner characteristics, among other ... «Phys.Org, Apr 15»
3
NASA spacecraft nears historic arrival at dwarf planet Ceres
Launched in September 2007, Dawn explored the giant asteroid Vesta for 14 months in 2011 and 2012, capturing detailed images and data about that body. «Astronomy Now Online, Mar 15»
4
Vesta asteroid may once have had water on its surface, images reveal
Previously, asteroids like Vesta had been thought to be completely dry and incapable of having water because of their lower temperature and low pressure. «Daily Mail, Jan 15»
5
Geologic Map Shows What's Where on Vesta
NASA's Dawn spacecraft spent 14 months photographing Vesta from close range. Now researchers have completed a global map of the asteroid's surface ... «Sky & Telescope, Dec 14»
6
Asteroid rockhounds rejoice: NASA unveils geologic map of Vesta
Humankind recently managed to land a spacecraft on a comet, so it's not too far-fetched to imagine we may some day set an expedition down on Vesta, a large ... «CNET, Nov 14»
7
Mystery of Earth's Water Origin Solved
Next they examined meteorites that are thought to have originated from the large asteroid Vesta, which formed in the same region as Earth, some 14 million ... «National Geographic, Oct 14»
8
Two Asteroids Seen … From Mars!
Vesta is almost visible to the naked eye from Earth, and Ceres a bit fainter. But Mars is 100 million kilometers (60 million miles) closer to the pair, making them ... «Slate Magazine, Apr 14»
9
What is Creating Gullies on Vesta?
This image shows examples of long, narrow, sinuous gullies that scientists on NASA's Dawn mission have found on the giant asteroid Vesta. Image credit: ... «Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Dec 12»
10
Protoplanet Vesta: Forever young?
New data from NASA's Dawn mission show that a common form of weathering that affects many airless bodies like Vesta in the inner solar system, including the ... «UC Los Angeles, Oct 12»
REFERENCE
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