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Webster 1913 Edition


Andromeda

An-drom′e-da

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Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK], the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia. When bound to a rock and exposed to a sea monster, she was delivered by Perseus.]
1.
(Astron.)
A northern constellation, supposed to represent the mythical Andromeda.
2.
(bot.)
A genus of ericaceous flowering plants of northern climates, of which the original species was found growing on a rock surrounded by water.

Webster 1828 Edition


Andromeda

ANDROM'EDA

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Noun.
1.
A northern constellation, behind Pegasus, Cassiopeia and Perseus, representing the figure of a woman chained. The stars in this constellation, in Ptolemy's catalogue, are 23; in Tycho's 22; in Bayer's 27; in Flamsted's 84.
2.
The name of a celebrated tragedy of Euripides, now lost.

Definition 2024


Andromeda

Andromeda

Translingual

Etymology

Latin Andromeda, from Ancient Greek Άνδρομέδη (Ándromédē, mindful of her husband)

Proper noun

Andromeda f

  1. Pieris.
  2. A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae - bog rosemary.

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Hyponyms


English

Andromeda Chained to the Rock by the Nereids, by Théodore Chassériau, 1840
Andromeda constellation map
Andromeda galaxy in infrared

Proper noun

Andromeda

  1. (Greek mythology) The daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, king and queen of Eritrea, rescued from her sacrifice to a sea monster by Perseus who married her; mother of Perses, ancient king of Persia.
  2. (astronomy) An autumn constellation of the northern sky representing the "Chained Lady" Andromeda from Greek myth. The constellation lies between Pisces and Cassiopeia.
  3. (astronomy) Andromeda Galaxy, the nearest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way; M31.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Andromeda f

  1. (astronomy) Andromeda

Finnish

Proper noun

Andromeda

  1. (Greek mythology) Andromeda
  2. (astronomy) The constellation Andromeda.
  3. (astronomy) The Andromeda.

Declension

Inflection of Andromeda (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative Andromeda
genitive Andromedan
partitive Andromedaa
illative Andromedaan
singular plural
nominative Andromeda
accusative nom. Andromeda
gen. Andromedan
genitive Andromedan
partitive Andromedaa
inessive Andromedassa
elative Andromedasta
illative Andromedaan
adessive Andromedalla
ablative Andromedalta
allative Andromedalle
essive Andromedana
translative Andromedaksi
instructive
abessive Andromedatta
comitative

Portuguese

Proper noun

Andromeda f

  1. Archaic spelling of Andrômeda.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /andrǒmeda/
  • Hyphenation: An‧dro‧me‧da

Proper noun

Andròmeda f (Cyrillic spelling Андро̀меда)

  1. (Greek mythology) Andromeda
  2. (astronomy) The constellation Andromeda.
  3. (astronomy) The Andromeda.

andromeda

andromeda

English

Pieris japonica
Bog rosemary (Andromeda polifolia)

Noun

andromeda (countable and uncountable, plural andromedas)

  1. Any shrub of the genus Pieris (family Ericaceae), having leathery leaves and small flowers.
  2. Bog rosemary.

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