regulus

¹ American  

[reg-yuh-luhs] / ˈrɛg yə ləs /

noun

plural

reguluses, reguli

1. Astronomy. Regulus, a first magnitude star in the constellation Leo.

2. Metallurgy.

   1. the metallic mass that forms beneath the slag at the bottom of the crucible or furnace in smelting ores.

   2. an impure intermediate product obtained in smelting ores.

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Regulus ² American  

[reg-yuh-luhs] / ˈrɛg yə ləs /

noun

1. Marcus Atilius died 250? b.c., Roman general.

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Regulus ¹ British  

/ ˈrɛɡjʊləs /

noun

1. the brightest star in the constellation Leo. Visual magnitude: 1.3; spectral type: B8; distance: 69 light years

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Regulus ² British  

/ ˈrɛɡjʊləs /

noun

1. Marcus Atilius (ˈmɑːkəs əˈtɪlɪəs). died ?250 _bc , Roman general; consul (267; 256). Captured by the Carthaginians in the First Punic War, he was sent to Rome on parole to deliver the enemy's peace terms, advised the Senate to refuse them, and was tortured to death on his return to Carthage

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regulus ³ British  

/ ˈrɛɡjʊləs /

noun

1. impure metal forming beneath the slag during the smelting of ores

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Regulus Scientific  

/ rĕg′yə-ləs /

1. A bright triple star in the constellation Leo, with an apparent magnitude of 1.35. Scientific name: Alpha Leonis.

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Other Word Forms

• reguline adjective

Etymology

Origin of regulus

First recorded in 1550–60; from Latin rēgulus literally, “little king” (diminutive of rēx ); in early chemistry, “antimony,” so called because it readily combines with gold (the king of metals); -ule

Example Sentences

The semi-metals are bismuth, zinc, nickel, regulus of arsenic, of cobalt, of antimony, of manganese, of wolfram, and of molybdena.

From Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry by Priestley, Joseph

If the regulus be then fused with metallic iron the sulphur is removed by the iron, and metallic lead is left.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius

As to the recovery of the silver from the regulus, he states that 66 librae of silver give 132 librae of regulus.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

It detonates with nitre, and what remains of equal parts of nitre and regulus of antimony after detonation, in a hot crucible, is called diaphoretic antimony.

From Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry by Priestley, Joseph

Most of the metals unite with the regulus of arsenic.

From Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry by Priestley, Joseph