Cetus
Americannoun
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Ceti
genitive
noun
Etymology
Origin of Cetus
From Latin; see origin at cet-
Example Sentences
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Meet J0107a, an 11.2 billion-year-old monster galaxy located in the constellation Cetus.
From Space Scoop ● Jun. 5, 2025
My brother-in-law, John Sninsky, and others also worked on the PCR breakthrough at Cetus Corp.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 23, 2019
He launched back into the science world doing research projects in universities before joining Cetus Corp., a now-defunct biotechnology firm in San Francisco, where he was working when he devised PCR in 1983.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2019
Poseidon was so offended that he created a sea-monster named Cetus to devastate the kingdom.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
He is said to have been swallowed by a Cetus, or large fish, from which he was after some time delivered.
From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) by Jacob Bryant
The script’s two mysteries — why is Tau Ceti safe and why is Grace not — intertwine in flashbacks that are interesting enough for a while.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
Instead of imprisoning her, Khan, and the other Augments, he exiles them to live out their days on the technology-free planet Ceti Alpha V.
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2023
He picked YZ Ceti b, which is slightly smaller than Earth and orbits a red dwarf located 12 light years away, making it tantalizingly close for further study.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2022
If that was the case, “it’s backfiring,” said Zeta Ceti, CEO of Green Rush Consulting, an Oakland-based consultancy firm with clients all over the United States.
From The Verge ● Jan. 26, 2018
Our first survey ships to Alpha Centauri and Barnard’s Star, Sirius and Tau Ceti would have returned long ago.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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