Aldebaran

American  

[al-deb-er-uhn] / ælˈdɛb ər ən /

noun

1. a first-magnitude star, orange in color, in the constellation Taurus.

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Aldebaran British  

/ ælˈdɛbərən /

noun

1. a binary star, one component of which is a red giant, the brightest star in the constellation Taurus. It appears in the sky close to the star cluster Hyades. Visual magnitude: 0.85; spectral type: K5III; distance: 65 light years

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Aldebaran Scientific  

/ ăl-dĕb′ər-ən /

1. A red giant star in the constellation Taurus. Aldebaran is the thirteenth brightest star in the sky, with an apparent magnitude of 0.85. Scientific name: Alpha Tauri.

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Etymology

Origin of Aldebaran

< Arabic al the + dabarān follower (of the Pleiades)

Example Sentences

Nothing typifies this more than my favorite Enya track, the beguiling “Aldebaran.”

From New York Times

The far-right Hyades cluster sits next to Aldebaran, or Alpha Tauri, a star 44 times larger than the sun.

From Scientific American

Notably, the Japanese firm’s other bets in robotics — which include Aldebaran, makers of the Pepper robot, and Fetch Robotics, which does warehouse automation — have been selling robots in commercial settings for years.

From The Verge

Before buying Boston Dynamics, it acquired a French robotics company, Aldebaran, which also is working on machines that are a long way from completion.

From New York Times

At dusk, look for the super-bright planet Venus to join the star Aldebaran—the red “eye” of Taurus, the bull—low in the northwestern sky.

From National Geographic