Centaurus

American  

[sen-tawr-uhs] / sɛnˈtɔr əs /

noun

• Centauri
  genitive

1. Astronomy. the Centaur, a southern constellation between Lupus and Vela, containing the triple-star system Alpha Centauri.

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Centaurus British  

/ sɛnˈtɔːrəs /

noun

1. Also called: The Centaur. a conspicuous extensive constellation in the S hemisphere, close to the Southern Cross, that contains two first magnitude stars, Alpha Centauri and Beta Centauri, and the globular cluster Omega Centauri

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Centaurus Scientific  

/ sĕn-tôr′əs /

1. A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near the Southern Cross and Libra. Centaurus (the Centaur) contains Alpha Centauri, the star nearest Earth.

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Etymology

Origin of Centaurus

From Latin; see origin at centaur

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Example Sentences

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Centaurus Centauri

Scott Summers and Jeremy Blitzer are co-founders and shareholders of Centaurus Therapeutics.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2025

Using a telescope in Chile, the Spanish-led team spotted a cloud of debris in the same orbit as an already confirmed planet circling this star, 370 light-years away in the constellation Centaurus.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 19, 2023

It took place at a location more than 8000 light-years away from our Earth in the direction of Alpha Centauri, between the constellations of Circinus and Centaurus.

From Space Scoop ● Mar. 21, 2023

The company that Summers co-founded in 2016, Centaurus Therapeutics, has crafted a molecule that inhibits DES1, the enzyme that catalyzes the final step in ceramide synthesis.

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 15, 2023

I have reason to believe that I have solved the connection between the two sources of data concerned in the Centaurus City problem.

From Dead Giveaway by Randall Garrett

The closest star, Proxima Centauri, is marked at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles to reflect its true distance.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026

Imagine, he says, wanting to send a single paperclip to our neighboring star, Proxima Centauri.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

The study found that for a pair of these nearby worlds, Proxima Centauri b and GJ 887 b, these telescopes are highly adept at detecting the presence of potential biosignatures.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 29, 2024

The group became stranded on a distant planet after their ship, the Jupiter 2, went off course en route to colonize a planet in the Alpha Centauri system.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2023

On the same scale, Proxima Centauri, our nearest star, would be almost ten thousand miles away.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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