Proteus

[proh-tee-uhs, -tyoos]

noun

plural

protei 

1. Classical Mythology.,  a sea god, son of Oceanus and Tethys, noted for his ability to assume different forms and to prophesy.

2. a person or thing that readily changes appearance, character, principles, etc.

3. (lowercase),  any of several rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Proteus, sometimes found as pathogens in the gastrointestinal and genitourinary tracts of humans.

Proteus

/ ˈprəʊtɪəs /

noun

1. Greek myth a prophetic sea god capable of changing his shape at will

Proteus

1. In classical mythology, a god who served Poseidon. Proteus could change his shape at will.

Someone or something that easily takes on several different forms may be called “protean.”

Example Sentences

The Royal Navy is experimenting with various means of combating the threat, such as a new vessel called Proteus, but critics fear much of the damage to Britain's coastal security may already have been done.

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They’re jobs that Amazon calculated cost more than a Proteus autonomous mobile robot.

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The Proteus experimental helicopter is designed by a team at Leonardo Helicopters UK, in Yeovil, to fly autonomously - carrying out a mission all by itself.

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He still had a plane hangared there and was friends with people at Proteus.

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Proteus is also expected to have the first underwater greenhouse in the world, so that the lab will be able to grow some of its own food.

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