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Definition of Regulus

1. Noun. The brightest star in Leo.

2. Noun. A genus of birds of the family Sylviidae including kinglets.

Definition of Regulus

1. n. A petty king; a ruler of little power or consequence.

Definition of Regulus

1. Proper noun. (star) A star in the constellation Leo; alpha (?) Leonis. ¹

2. Noun. an impure metal formed beneath slag during the smelting of ores. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Regulus

1. a mass that forms beneath the slag in a furnace [n -LI or -LUSES] : REGULINE [adj]

Medical Definition of Regulus

1. Origin: L, a petty king, prince, dim. Of rex, regis, a king: cf. F. Regule. See Regal. 1. A petty king; a ruler of little power or consequence. 2. The button, globule, or mass of metal, in a more or less impure state, which forms in the bottom of the crucible in smelting and reduction of ores. The name was introduced by the alchemists, and applied by them in the first instance to antimony. I signifies little king; and from the facility with which antimony alloyed with gold, these empirical philosophers had great hopes that this metal, antimony, would lead them to the discovery of the philosopher's stone. 3. A star of the first magnitude in the constellation Leo; called also the Lion's Heart. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Regulus

regulatory regions or sequences regulatory sequence reguli reguline regulise regulised regulises regulize regulized regulizes

regulo regulome regulon regulons regulos regulus (current term) reguluses regur regur soil regurgitalith

regurgitaliths regurgitant regurgitant fraction regurgitant murmur regurgitate regurgitated regurgitates regurgitating regurgitation regurgitation jaundice

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