Orion

American  

[uh-rahy-uhn] / əˈraɪ ən /

noun

genitive

Orionis

1. Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.

2. Astronomy. the Hunter, a constellation lying on the celestial equator between Canis Major and Taurus, containing the bright stars Betelgeuse and Rigel.

3. Military. a land-based U.S. Navy patrol plane with four turboprop engines, used to detect, track, and destroy enemy submarines and armed with missiles, torpedoes, mines, and depth bombs.

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Orion ¹ British  

/ əˈraɪən /

noun

1. Greek myth a Boeotian giant famed as a great hunter, who figures in several tales

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Orion ² British  

/ əˈraɪən /

noun

1. a conspicuous constellation near Canis Major containing two first magnitude stars (Betelgeuse and Rigel) and a distant bright emission nebula (the Orion Nebula ) associated with a system of giant molecular clouds and star formation

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Orion Scientific  

/ ō-rī′ən /

1. A constellation in the equatorial region of the celestial sphere, near Taurus and Gemini. Orion (the Hunter) contains the bright stars Betelgeuse and Rigel.

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Example Sentences

Goonhilly Earth Station, near Helston, will help to track the Orion spacecraft as it travels around the Moon and back to Earth.

From BBC

NASA's Dragon and Orion spacecraft remain superior compared to China's Shenzhou, he noted.

From Barron's

The crew will fly aboard the Orion spacecraft, perched atop NASA's powerful SLS rocket.

From Barron's

Victor Glover, 49 and also a Navy veteran, will serve as pilot of the Orion spacecraft.

From Barron's

Orion has committed 61% of the new fund’s capital so far, backing projects around the globe, the firm said.

From The Wall Street Journal