PERSEID

Meaning of PERSEID in English

/perr"see id/ , n. Astron.

any of a shower of meteors appearing in August and radiating from a point in the constellation Perseus.

[ 1875-80; PERSE(US) + -ID 1 , or directly Perseídes offspring of Perseus ]

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PERSEID — noun Etymology: Latin Perseus; from their appearing to radiate from a point in Perseus Date: 1876 any of a group …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PERSEID — ˈpərsēə̇d noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Perse us, a constellation (from Latin, from Greek from Perseus, a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PERSEID — (n.) One of a group of shooting stars which appear yearly about the 10th of August, and cross the heavens …
Английский словарь Webster
PERSEID — (n.) One of a group of shooting stars appearing annually about the 10th of August. They are probably fragments of …
Английский словарь Webster
PERSEID — ( n. ) One of a group of shooting stars which appear yearly about the 10th of August, and cross …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PERSEID — n. any of the meteor showers occurring in mid-August that appear to radiate from the constellation Perseus
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PERSEID — noun Etymology: Latin Perseus; from their appearing to radiate from a point in Perseus Date: 1876 : any of a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PERSEID — add. ·noun one of a group of shooting stars appearing annually about the 10th of august. they are probably fragments …
Webster English vocab
PERSEID — [Per.se.id] n [L Perseus; fr. their appearing to radiate from a point in Perseus]: any of a group of meteors …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PERSEID — Perseid BrE AmE ˈpɜːs i ɪd § -əd AmE ˈpɝːs- ▷ Perseid|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PERSEID — Perseid
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PERSEID — Perseid
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PERSEID — Perseid
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PERSEID — Perseid
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PERSEID — n. Pronunciation: ' p ə r-s ē - ə d Function: noun Etymology: Latin Perseus; from their appearing to radiate …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PERSEIDE — (-séi-) n [Astron.] Perseid
Interlingua English vocab
-ID — -id 1 a suffix of nouns that have the general sense "offspring of, descendant of," occurring originally in loanwords from …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
-ID — [-id] n suffix [in sense 1, fr. L -ides, masc. patronymic suffix, fr. Gk -ides; in sense 2, fr. It …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SCHIAPARELLI, GIOVANNI VIRGINIO — born March 14, 1835, Savigliano, Italy died July 4, 1910, Milan Italian astronomer and senator whose reports of groups of …
Britannica English vocabulary
HERACLES — Greek Herakles, Roman Hercules most famous Greco-Roman legendary hero. Behind his very complicated mythology there was probably a real man, …
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