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Definition of Centaurs

Centaur
Centaur Cen"taur, n. [L. centaurus, Gr. ?.] 1. (Class. Myth.) A fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse. 2. (Astron.) A constellation in the southern heavens between Hydra and the Southern Cross.

Meaning of Centaurs from wikipedia

- myth, the centaurs were named after Centaurus, and, through his brother Lapithes, were kin to the legendary tribe of the Lapiths. Centaurs are thought...
- therefore classified as both centaurs and comets, while Schw****mann-Wachmann 1 has always held a comet designation. Other centaurs, such as 52872 Okyrhoe,...
- Centaur or centaur in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A centaur is creature from Gr**** mythology that is half human, half horse. Centaur, Centaurs or...
- The Centaur is a novel by John Up****, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1963. It won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. Portions of the novel first...
- Centaur is a serif typeface by book and typeface designer Bruce Rogers, based on the Renaissance-period printing of Nicolas Jenson around 1470. He used...
- the Centauromachy, the Lapiths battle with the Centaurs at the wedding feast of Pirithous. The Centaurs had been invited, but, unused to wine, their wild...
- Vulcan Centaur is a heavy-lift launch vehicle created and operated by United Launch Alliance (ULA). It is a two-stage-to-orbit launch vehicle consisting...
- Shuttle-Centaur was a version of the Centaur upper stage rocket designed to be carried aloft inside the Space Shuttle and used to launch satellites into...
- stage in 1978, all Atlas flown from that point onward were paired with Centaurs except for a few military flights involving decommissioned Atlas E/F missiles...
- subduing a centaur might be considered ordinary. Pallas/Minerva, by contrast, is a major deity, representing wisdom, trade, and more. Centaurs are ****ociated...