Cepheus
Americannoun
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Cephei
genitive
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Astronomy. a northern circumpolar constellation between Cassiopeia and Draco.
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Classical Mythology. Also an Ethiopian king, the husband of Cassiopeia and father of Andromeda.
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Etymology
Origin of Cepheus
from Latin Cēpheus named after the mythical king
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Rigetti has indicated it plans to hone its technology in the coming months, saying it expects the latest Cepheus system to reach a median 99.5% two-qubit gate fidelity—essentially, a measure of quality—later this year.
From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026
Rigetti plans to enhance its Cepheus system to achieve a median 99.5% two-qubit gate fidelity later this year.
From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026
The Sh2-132 complex lies near the border of the Cepheus and Lacerta constellations and contains several deep sky structures.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2023
It is at a distance of about 18 million light-years, in the direction of the constellations Cepheus and Cygnus.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
Her mother thought herself superior in beauty to the Nereids, which excited their jealousy, and through their influence a sea-monster was sent to prey upon man and beast in the dominions of Cepheus.
From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Alexander Pope
Despite this obstacle, by 1988 he had detected the signal of a Jupiter-mass planet that circles around a star named Gamma Cephei every 2.7 years.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 12, 2019
The sun rotates once a month, but Walker thought Gamma Cephei was a giant star, which could be rotating much more slowly.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 12, 2019
In the meantime, Goodricke had discovered two other stars that varied regularly, Beta Lyrae and Delta Cephei, both of which continued to interest astronomers for years to come.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
Figure 19.9 is the light curve for the prototype cepheid variable Delta Cephei.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
Thrown together as though at random, and seemingly in utter violation of the law of symmetry, they defy observation: such, for instance, are 5 M. Lyrae, 5 2 M. Cephei, Dumb-Bell, and some others.
From Five Years of Theosophy by Various
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