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Cassiopeia

[ kas-ee-uh-pee-uh ]

noun

genitive Cassiopeiae
  1. Astronomy. a northern constellation between Cepheus and Perseus.
  2. Classical Mythology. the wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda.


Cassiopeia

1

/ ˌæɪəˈ辱ːə /

noun

  1. Greek myth the wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cassiopeia

2

/ ˌæɪəˈ辱ːə /

noun

  1. a very conspicuous W-shaped constellation near the Pole Star. Cassiopeia A is a very strong radio and X-ray source, identified as the remnant of a supernova thought to have occurred in the late 17th century
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cassiopeia

/ ă′ē-ə-ŧə /

  1. A W-shaped constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Andromeda and Cepheus.
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Later that night, back in my bed, he ran his fingers over the freckles between my ribs, and said they resembled the constellation Cassiopeia, channeling a scene out of “Serendipity.”

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From the ground, Apophis will resemble a star traversing the night sky, as bright as the constellation Cassiopeia and slower than a satellite.

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