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Definition of Pleiades

1. Noun. (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades; placed among the stars to save them from the pursuit of Orion.

Definition of Pleiades

1. n. pl. The seven daughters of Atlas and the nymph Pleione, fabled to have been made by Jupiter a constellation in the sky.

Definition of Pleiades

1. Proper noun. (Greek god) The "seven sisters", companions of Artemis and daughters of the Titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione. ¹

2. Proper noun. (astronomy) An open cluster of hot blue stars in the constellation Taurus, and the most easily visible such cluster from Earth. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pleiades

1. pleiad [n] - See also: pleiad

Medical Definition of Pleiades

1. 1. The seven daughters of Atlas and the nymph Pleione, fabled to have been made by Jupiter a constellation in the sky. 2. A group of small stars in the neck of the constellation Taurus. Alcyone, the brightest of these, a star of the third magnitude, was considered by Madler the central point around which our universe is revolving, but there is no sufficient evidence of such motion. Only six pleiads are distinctly visible to the naked eye, whence the ancients supposed that a sister had concealed herself out of shame for having loved a mortal, Sisyphus. Origin: L, fr. Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Pleiades

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nature by Nature Publishing Group, Norman Lockyer (1879)
"If we found an examination of this " eclipse " of the Pleiades by Venus, ... Although the so-called eclipse of the Pleiades might commence therefore on ..."

2. Greek and Roman [mythology] by William Sherwood Fox (1916)
"Pleiades and Hyades. — Owing to their conspicuous character, constellations received much more attention among the ancients than did single stars, ..."

3. An Introduction to Astronomy by Forest Ray Moulton (1906)
"Groups of Stars — the Pleiades.—Here and there throughout the sky are places where ... Among the best known are the Pleiades, the Hyades, Coma Berenices, ..."

4. Astronomy with an Opera-glass: A Popular Introduction to the Study of the by Garrett Putman Serviss (1888)
"In November, 1885, Paul and Prosper Henry turned their great photographing telescope upon the Pleiades, and with it discovered a nebula apparently attached ..."

5. Life and work at the Great pyramid during ... 1865 by Smyth, Charles Piazzi, 1819-1900, Charles Piazzi Smyth (1867)
"If those festivals now agree ' " with the culminations of the Pleiades at the ... The Pleiades gain twenty-eight days ' " on the tropical year in every two ..."

6. The Heavens: An Illustrated Handbook of Popular Astronomy by Amédée Guillemin (1867)
"The Pleiades (fig. 143) arc situated in the con- ... < >f about eighty stars, which form the group of the Pleiades, six are viable without the help of ..."

7. Nature by Nature Publishing Group, Norman Lockyer (1879)
"If we found an examination of this " eclipse " of the Pleiades by Venus, ... Although the so-called eclipse of the Pleiades might commence therefore on ..."

8. Greek and Roman [mythology] by William Sherwood Fox (1916)
"Pleiades and Hyades. — Owing to their conspicuous character, constellations received much more attention among the ancients than did single stars, ..."

9. An Introduction to Astronomy by Forest Ray Moulton (1906)
"Groups of Stars — the Pleiades.—Here and there throughout the sky are places where ... Among the best known are the Pleiades, the Hyades, Coma Berenices, ..."

10. Astronomy with an Opera-glass: A Popular Introduction to the Study of the by Garrett Putman Serviss (1888)
"In November, 1885, Paul and Prosper Henry turned their great photographing telescope upon the Pleiades, and with it discovered a nebula apparently attached ..."

11. Life and work at the Great pyramid during ... 1865 by Smyth, Charles Piazzi, 1819-1900, Charles Piazzi Smyth (1867)
"If those festivals now agree ' " with the culminations of the Pleiades at the ... The Pleiades gain twenty-eight days ' " on the tropical year in every two ..."

12. The Heavens: An Illustrated Handbook of Popular Astronomy by Amédée Guillemin (1867)
"The Pleiades (fig. 143) arc situated in the con- ... < >f about eighty stars, which form the group of the Pleiades, six are viable without the help of ..."

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