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sterope |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Asterope \As*ter"o*pe\, n. [Gr. ?, lit., lightning.] 1. (Myth.) One of the Pleiades; -- called also {Sterope}. 2. (Astron.) A double star in the Pleiades (21 k and 22 l Pleiadum of the 5.8 and 6.4 magnitude respectively), appearing as a single star of the 5.3 magnitude to the naked eye. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Sterope n 1: (Greek mythology) one of the 7 Pleiades [syn: {Sterope}, {Asterope}] 2: one of the stars in the star cluster Pleiades [syn: {Sterope}, {Asterope}]
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