Mira

[ mahy-ruh ]

/ ˈmaɪ rə /

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noun

Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.

a female given name.

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Words nearby Mira

Miphiboseth, MIPS, miquelet, Miquelon, mir, Mira, Mirabeau, Mirabel, mirabelle, mirabile dictu, mirabilia

How to use Mira in a sentence

Gas there heats and mixes with the wind of the cooler hydrogen gas blowing off Mira, and then flows to the star’s rear, forming a wake.
The Safety Belt of Our Solar System - Issue 107: The Edge|Virat Markandeya|October 6, 2021|Nautilus
In an image from 2006, Mira is heading to the right, at 291,000 miles an hour, five times the speed our sun ambles through its local interstellar cloud in the Milky Way.
The Safety Belt of Our Solar System - Issue 107: The Edge|Virat Markandeya|October 6, 2021|Nautilus
Chastain isn’t quite as consistent, but her sporadic stiltedness underscores how Mira is always performing her self-sufficiency and competence.
HBO's Scenes From a Marriage Remake Is Trying to Break Your Heart, All Over Again|Judy Berman|September 4, 2021|Time
We see that the house where the central characters, Jonathan and Mira, live, and where the vast majority of the action takes place, is on a soundstage.
HBO's Scenes From a Marriage Remake Is Trying to Break Your Heart, All Over Again|Judy Berman|September 4, 2021|Time

The researchers have formed a team called Mira, made up of some visually impaired volunteers.
Researchers design an AI-powered backpack for the visually impaired|Dalvin Brown|March 25, 2021|Washington Post
The Arranged Marriage that Ended Happily Ever After Mira Jacob, Vogue How my parents fell in love, 30 years later.
The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, July 6, 2014|The Daily Beast|July 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Mira and Emmanuel Riva have been converted, because they were civil servants, into Mossad agents.
Naming Europe’s New Anti-Semitism|Bernard-Henri Lévy|June 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Holding hands, they thought about what to do about their life on the front line, on Mira Street in the town of Amvrosyevka.
Mom and Pop on Ukraine’s Battle Line|Anna Nemtsova|June 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I ask Mira for a beer and find the tavern only stocks the Slovenian brews Union and Laško.
Half of This Bar Is in Slovenia, the Other Half Is in Croatia|Jeff Campagna|January 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
(The choppy, inert 2000 TV movie with Toby Stephens, Mira Sorvino and Paul Rudd barely registered a blip).
The Great Gatsby: Book Versus Movie|Jon Reiner|May 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The room was empty when we entered, but the Mira appeared almost immediately, and seated us beside him on the dais at the end.
The Cradle of Mankind|W.A. Wigram
Que a demandarte compasin se atreve, Y blandamente palpitar te mira.
The Guide of the Desert|Gustave Aimard
Ah nu &c.: De singulis beatorum Ordinibus mira disseris, quaesumus ut quae sit eorum in communi actio edicas, V 209 d.
Selections from Early Middle English 1130-1250: Part II: Notes|Various
What is the objection made, for instance, to 'in quibus sunt mira, quæ non videntur esse Apostolica'?
The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 (2 vols)|Thomas De Quincey
In ipsa acie Marius duas Camertium cohortes, mira virtute vim Cimbrorum sustinentes contra legem civitate donaverat.
Selections from Viri Romae|Charles Franois L'Homond