Eris

American  

[eer-is, er-is] / ˈɪər ɪs, ˈɛr ɪs /

noun

1. the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.

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Eris ¹ British  

/ ˈɛrɪs /

noun

1. Greek myth the goddess of discord, sister of Ares

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Eris ² British  

/ ˈɛrɪs /

noun

1. the largest dwarf planet in the solar system, located beyond the Kuiper belt. It has a diameter of 2400 km

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Eris Scientific  

/ îr′ĭs,ĕr′- /

1. A dwarf planet with a diameter of about 2,400 kilometers (1,500 miles). When Eris was discovered in 2005, it and its satellite Dysnomia were the farthest known celestial bodies in the Solar System.

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Example Sentences

We discovered Eris, which is more massive than Pluto.

From National Geographic

A team co-led by Southwest Research Institute found evidence for hydrothermal or metamorphic activity within the icy dwarf planets Eris and Makemake, located in the Kuiper Belt.

From Science Daily

“We eat and then I’m like, ‘Oh, Eris.

From Los Angeles Times

None of these are optimized for newer versions of the virus, including the Eris and Pirola variants that became prominent in August and appear better able to escape the immune system than previous mutants.

From Scientific American

Mike Brown of the California Institute of Technology, who discovered the object Eris in 2003, which led to Pluto’s demotion from a planet to a dwarf planet, has similar concerns.

From Scientific American