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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At this scale, it will be more than nine times as large as the 108-qubit Cepheus system.
From Barron's ● May 11, 2026
Holland's partner in real life, Zendaya, plays the goddess Athena in the mythological movie, which also features Himesh Patel as Eurylochus, Mia Goth as Melantho and Jimmy Gonzales as Cepheus.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
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
King Cepheus, Cassiopeia’s beleaguered husband, consulted the oracle, who told him that he must sacrifice his beautiful daughter Andromeda to the monster.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
Upon this they consulted the Oracle of Jupiter Ammon, who ordered them to expose one of the Progeny of Cepheus and Cassiope to be devoured by the Monster.
From The Lovers Assistant, or, New Art of Love by Fielding, Henry
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
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
Figure 19.9 is the light curve for the prototype cepheid variable Delta Cephei.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
The curve in Figure 19.9 represents a simplified version of the light curve of Delta Cephei.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
Location.—A line drawn from α to β Cassiopeiæ and prolonged about 18° strikes α Cephei.
From A Field Book of the Stars by Olcott, William Tyler
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