VELA


Meaning of VELA in English

/vee"leuh, vay"-/ , n., gen. Velorum /vee lawr"euhm, -lohr"-, vay-/ for 1. Astron.

1. the Sail, a southern constellation: one of the subordinate constellations into which Argo is divided.

2. U.S. Aerospace. one of a series of reconnaissance satellites designed to detect nuclear explosions.

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