Aeolus
Americannoun
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the god of the winds
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the founding king of the Aeolians in Thessaly
Example Sentences
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It does this by firing down an ultraviolet laser, but as Aeolus passed over the Pacific its light beam was blocked by all the material thrown into the sky.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2022
A review of corporate, political and nonprofit records shows only a distant and indirect connection between Aeolus and the Kushner family.
From New York Times • May 9, 2020
Aeolus will measure not only the distance to the reflection—giving the altitude of the winds—but also the tiny change in wavelength created as the molecules move back and forth.
From Scientific American • Aug. 21, 2018
If Aeolus works as planned, its data could improve forecasts in tropical regions substantially, and by a few per cent in Earth’s mid- and high latitudes.
From Nature • Aug. 16, 2018
She went to Aeolus, the King of the Winds, who had tried to help Ulysses, and asked him to sink the Trojan ships, promising him in return her loveliest nymph for his wife.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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