Cassiopeia

[ kas-ee-uh-pee-uh ]

noun

, genitive Cas·si·o·pe·iae [kas-ee-, uh, -, pee, -ee]

1. Astronomy. a northern constellation between Cepheus and Perseus.
2. Classical Mythology. the wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda.

Cassiopeia

¹

/ ˌkæsɪəˈpiːə /

noun

1. Greek myth the wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda

Cassiopeia

²

/ ˌkæsɪəˈpiːə /

noun

1. a very conspicuous W-shaped constellation near the Pole Star. Cassiopeia A is a very strong radio and X-ray source, identified as the remnant of a supernova thought to have occurred in the late 17th century

Cassiopeia

/ kăs′ē-ə-pē′ə /

1. A W-shaped constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Andromeda and Cepheus.

Derived Forms

• ˌCassioˈpeian, adjective

Other Words From

• Cassi·o·peian adjective

Example Sentences

The two here are 7,500 light-years away and are known as the Double Cluster, located halfway between the bright stars in the constellations Perseus and Cassiopeia.

From Popular-Science

Cassiopeia was said to have been an Ethiopian; and was, therefore, in spite of her boasted beauty black.

From Project Gutenberg

I advise any who's been in love with a woman under Cassiopeia to go and think about her under the Southern Cross.

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Thus might Cassiopeia, glass in hand, in her golden chair sit in high heaven!

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This star of great size and unwonted brilliancy appeared in the Chair of Cassiopeia.

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Her mother, Cassiopeia, had boasted that she was fairer than Juno and the Nereides.

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