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PERSEUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Auriga and Cassiopeia and crossed by the Milky Way
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)
Meronyms (members of "Perseus"):
Algol (the second brightest star in Perseus; the first known eclipsing binary)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(Greek mythology) the son of Zeus who slew Medusa (with the help of Athena and Hermes) and rescued Andromeda from a sea monster
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
mythical being (an imaginary being of myth or fable)
Domain category:
Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)
Context examples:
The cold front in the Perseus cluster consists of a relatively dense band of gas with a cool temperature of about 30 million degrees moving through lower density hot gas with a temperature of about 80 million degrees.
(Scientists Surprised by Relentless Cosmic Cold Front, NASA)
