Cassini

[ kuh-see-nee, kah- ]

noun

1. O·leg [oh, -leg], Oleg Cassini-Loiewski, 1913–2006, U.S. fashion designer and businessman, born in France.
2. a walled plain in the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 36 miles (56 km) in diameter.
3. Geometry. oval of Cassini.

Cassini

/ kæˈsiːnɪ /

noun

1. CassiniGiovanni Domenico16251712MFrenchItalianSCIENCE: astronomer Giovanni Domenico. 1625–1712, French astronomer, born in Italy. He discovered (1675) Cassini's division , the gap that divides Saturn's rings into two parts, and four of Saturn's moons

Example Sentences

And Cassini, like other first lady clothiers, was not a big international brand.

From The Daily Beast

The authors of the new study used data from the Cassini probe orbiting Saturn to measure the libration of Mimas.

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That brings us back to the cloud system monitored by the Cassini mission between July 20 and 22.

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Oh, how far the East Wing has come from the sedate days of Oleg Cassini and Arnold Scaasi!

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Cassini observed, by the position of certain spots, the revolution of the planet Venus on its axis.

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During the night of the 14th, the wind was light from the westward, and we stood off and on to the north of Cassini Island.

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Cassini was right in saying that cartography was no longer at its height as a science.

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Some persons assert that they saw a green twig come in through the open window which gives upon Cassini Street.

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The attention of the world thus once awakened, Huygens and Cassini applied themselves to ascertain the figure of the earth.

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