Mira Ceti

/ (ˈmaɪrə ˈsiːtaɪ) /

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noun

a binary star one component of which, a red supergiant, is a long-period variable with an average period of 332 days

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Words nearby Mira Ceti

Mirabel, mirabelle, mirabile dictu, mirabilia, mirabilite, Mira Ceti, miracidium, miracle, miracle drug, miracle fruit, miracle man

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How to use Mira Ceti in a sentence

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
Thus, as we have already remarked, Omicron Ceti is ten times as bright at some maxima as it is at others.
The Popular Science Monthly, October, 1900|Various