CHIRON


Meaning of CHIRON in English

/kuy"ron/ , n.

1. Class. Myth. a wise and beneficent centaur, teacher of Achilles, Asclepius, and others.

2. Astron. an asteroid located between Saturn and Uranus, about 100 mi. (160 km) in diameter: discovered in 1977.

Also, Cheiron .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .