Cyrus

American

[sahy-ruhs] / ˈsaɪ rəs /

noun

the Elderorthe Great, c600–529 b.c., king of Persia 558?–529: founder of the Persian empire.
the Younger, 424?–401 b.c., Persian prince and satrap: leader of the armed conspiracy against his brother King Artaxerxes II.
a male given name: from an Old Persian word meaning “throne.”

Cyrus British

/ ˈsaɪrəs /

noun

known as Cyrus the Great or Cyrus the Elder. died ?529 _bc , king of Persia and founder of the Persian empire
called the Younger. died 401 _bc , Persian satrap of Lydia: revolted against his brother Artaxerxes II, but was killed at the battle of Cunaxa See also anabasis katabasis

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Michael Cyrus Daugherty, then a postdoctoral fellow at NIST, had developed software for digitally unrolling CT scans of the "jelly rolls" found inside lithium-ion batteries.

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Cyrus sighed and rubbed the tips of his fingers on the arms of his chair.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

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