IRAS

abbreviation for

1. Infrared Astronomical Satellite, a pioneering international earth-orbiting satellite that during 1983 made an all-sky survey at infrared wavelengths

Example Sentences

So we came up with another solution: IRAs, 401(k)s and similar "defined contribution" plans.

From The Daily Beast

Five years ago, in 2004, the IRS granted the MF the right to be a nonbank custodian of IRAs.

From The Daily Beast

Cleopatra's ladies are all young, the most conspicuous being Charmian and Iras, her favorites.

From Project Gutenberg

Iras had provided poisoned pins which had speedily destroyed the animals upon which they had been tried.

From Project Gutenberg

Since Cleopatra's departure, Iras seems like the forsaken Ariadne, or a young roe which has strayed from its mother.

From Project Gutenberg

He knew Iras's iron will and the want of consideration with which she had learned to pursue her purpose at the court.

From Project Gutenberg

"Any slave might have attended to that matter equally well," Iras remarked in an irritated tone.

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