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 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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But nevertheless, Vadic also reveals that she and nine other changelings were experimented on by Starfleet as prisoners of war, as part of Project Proteus.

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The robot is called Proteus, and Amazon says it can safely navigate around human employees, unlike some of its past robots that it kept separated in a caged area.

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