Cygnus

American  

[sig-nuhs] / ˈsɪg nəs /

noun

Astronomy.

genitive

Cygni

1. the Swan, a northern constellation southwest of Draco, containing the bright star Deneb.

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Cygnus British  

/ ˈsɪɡnəs /

noun

1. a constellation in the N hemisphere lying between Pegasus and Draco in the Milky Way. The constellation contains the Cygnus Loop supernova remnant, the intense radio galaxy Cygnus A, and the intense galactic X-ray source Cygnus X–1, which is probably a black hole

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Cygnus Scientific  

/ sĭg′nəs /

1. A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Cepheus and Lyra. Cygnus (the Swan, or the Northern Cross) contains the bright star Deneb.

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Etymology

Origin of Cygnus

< Latin: swan; cygnet

Example Sentences

A recent paper in The Astrophysical Journal features the latest results from the Cygnus X-1 observations and reports the most accurate measurement so far of the black hole's hard X-ray polarization.

From Science Daily

Cygnus owns the only ore-processing mill in the area, which makes the asset attractive to its bigger neighbors.

From The Wall Street Journal

One event in 2016 called Exercise Cygnus identified worryingly large gaps in the response and plans were put in place to update those by 2018.

From BBC

In 2016, ministers carried out a major cross-government training exercise, called Exercise Cygnus, to see how officials would respond to an outbreak of a new influenza pandemic.

From BBC

There, they imaged the Sun, the moon and the North America nebula, a dim nebula in the constellation Cygnus about 2,590 light years away.

From Science Daily