English Explanatory Dictionary

α-Centauri

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The brightest star system in the southern constellation of Centaurus.

Word forms

α-Centauri Alpha Centauri

Etymology

translingual α (“brightest”) + translingual Centauri (“a star in that constellation”)

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