Cetus
Americannoun
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Ceti
genitive
noun
Etymology
Origin of Cetus
From Latin; see origin at cet-
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Meet J0107a, an 11.2 billion-year-old monster galaxy located in the constellation Cetus.
From Space Scoop ● Jun. 5, 2025
The replication of minute DNA material has become a signature breakthrough thanks to the dedicated scientists of a little-known corporation called Cetus.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 23, 2019
He launched back into the science world doing research projects in universities before joining Cetus Corp., a now-defunct biotechnology firm in San Francisco, where he was working when he devised PCR in 1983.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2019
Poseidon was so offended that he created a sea-monster named Cetus to devastate the kingdom.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
We may, therefore, conclude that it was near a minimum of light at the time of his observation of the stars of Cetus.
From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by J. Ellard Gore
The script’s two mysteries — why is Tau Ceti safe and why is Grace not — intertwine in flashbacks that are interesting enough for a while.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
The closest naked-eye star known to have planets is Tau Ceti, a mere 11.9 light-years from our world.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 6, 2023
Instead of imprisoning her, Khan, and the other Augments, he exiles them to live out their days on the technology-free planet Ceti Alpha V.
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2023
In what he called Project Ozma, after the Wizard of Oz, Dr. Drake alternately pointed the telescope at a pair of sunlike stars, Tau Ceti and Epsilon Eridani, each about 11 light-years from Earth.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2022
Our first survey ships to Alpha Centauri and Barnard’s Star, Sirius and Tau Ceti would have returned long ago.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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