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Coma Berenices

[ koh-muh ber-uh-nahy-seez ]

noun

, Astronomy.
, genitive Co·mae Ber·e·ni·ces [koh, -mee ber-, uh, -, nahy, -seez].
  1. Berenice's Hair, a northern constellation situated north of Virgo and between Boötes and Leo.


Coma Berenices

/ ˈkəʊmə ˌbɛrɪˈnaɪsiːz /

noun

  1. a faint constellation in the N hemisphere between Ursa Major and Boötes containing the Coma Cluster a cluster of approximately 1000 galaxies, at a mean distance of 300 million light years
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Coma Berenices1

From Latin
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Coma Berenices1

from Latin, literally: Berenice's hair, named after Berenice (died 221 bc ), consort of Ptolemy III
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Example Sentences

A constellation (Coma Berenices) named in honor of one who sacrificed her hair to save her husband.

Coma Berenices (map No. 6) includes several interesting objects.

Coma Berenices has fewer stars, but they are of a larger class than those which compose the Pleiades.

The name Coma Berenices, applied to a constellation, commemorates this incident.

His Coma Berenices is only known from the celebrated imitation of Catullus.

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