Orion

American  

[uh-rahy-uhn] / əˈraɪ ən /

noun

1. Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.

2. Astronomy. the Hunter, a constellation lying on the celestial equator between Canis Major and Taurus, containing the bright stars Betelgeuse and Rigel.

3. Military. a land-based U.S. Navy patrol plane with four turboprop engines, used to detect, track, and destroy enemy submarines and armed with missiles, torpedoes, mines, and depth bombs.

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Orion ¹ British  

/ əˈraɪən /

noun

1. a conspicuous constellation near Canis Major containing two first magnitude stars (Betelgeuse and Rigel) and a distant bright emission nebula (the Orion Nebula ) associated with a system of giant molecular clouds and star formation

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Orion ² British  

/ əˈraɪən /

noun

1. Greek myth a Boeotian giant famed as a great hunter, who figures in several tales

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Orion Scientific  

/ ō-rī′ən /

1. A constellation in the equatorial region of the celestial sphere, near Taurus and Gemini. Orion (the Hunter) contains the bright stars Betelgeuse and Rigel.

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Example Sentences

These included seats, video processing units, camera controllers, storage equipment, and suit umbilicals from the Orion Crew Survival System.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

Its huge dishes form part of a private space communications network, which tracked the Orion spacecraft whenever the Moon climbed above the horizon, collecting and processing the data before sending it on to Nasa.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

The Dodgers won it in the 11th on that incredible throwing error by Phillies’ reliever Orion Kerkering and the rest is shiny blue history.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

He singled out the Orion spacecraft - named Integrity - and the Space Launch System as a symbol of what international partnership can still produce.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Orion snuggled close to his jackalope friend and let out a sympathetic whine.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova