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ALPHA CENTAURI

• ALPHA CENTAURI (noun)
The noun ALPHA CENTAURI has 1 sense:

1. brightest star in Centaurus; second nearest star to the sun

Familiarity information: ALPHA CENTAURI used as a noun is very rare.

• ALPHA CENTAURI (noun)

Sense 1

Alpha Centauri ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Brightest star in Centaurus; second nearest star to the sun

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Alpha Centauri; Rigil; Rigil Kent

Instance hypernyms:

binary; binary star; double star (a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation)

Holonyms ("Alpha Centauri" is a member of...):

Centaur; Centaurus (a conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross)

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(English proverb)
"The more you know, the less you need."
(Aboriginal Australian proverbs)
"Hunger is an infidel."
(Arabic proverb)
"He who wins the first hand, leaves with only his pants in hand."
(Corsican proverb)

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