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regulus


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Regulus  \Reg"u*lus\  (-l?s),  n.;  pl  E.  {Reguluses}  (-?z),  L. 
  {Reguli}  (-l?).  [L.,  a  petty  king,  prince,  dim.  of  rex, 
  regis,  a  king:  cf  F.  r['e]gule.  See  {Regal}.] 
  1.  A  petty  king;  a  ruler  of  little  power  or  consequence. 
 
  2.  (Chem.  &  Metal.)  The  button,  globule,  or  mass  of  metal,  in 
  a  more  or  less  impure  state,  which  forms  in  the  bottom  of 
  the  crucible  in  smelting  and  reduction  of  ores. 
 
  Note:  The  name  was  introduced  by  the  alchemists,  and  applied 
  by  them  in  the  first  instance  to  antimony.  It  signifies 
  little  king;  and  from  the  facility  with  which  antimony 
  alloyed  with  gold,  these  empirical  philosophers  had 
  great  hopes  that  this  metal,  antimony,  would  lead  them 
  to  the  discovery  of  the  philosopher's  stone.  --Ure. 
 
  3.  (Astron.)  A  star  of  the  first  magnitude  in  the 
  constellation  Leo;  --  called  also  the  {Lion's  Heart}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Regulus 
  n  1:  the  brightest  star  in  Leo  [syn:  {Regulus}] 
  2:  a  genus  of  birds  of  the  family  Sylviidae  including  kinglets 
  [syn:  {Regulus},  {genus  Regulus}] 




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