cassiopeia
IPA: kˈæsiʌpˈiʌ
Root Word: Cassiopeia
noun
- (Greek mythology) Proud wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda, queen of Ethiopia. When she boasted that her beauty was equal to that of the Nereids, she was punished by Poseidon.
- (astronomy) A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky representing Queen Cassiopeia from Greek myth. The constellation lies between Cepheus and Perseus and contains the stars Schedar and Caph.
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Examples of "cassiopeia" in Sentences
- Cassiopeia was vain and boastful.
- Andromeda and Cassiopeia are different people.
- Cassiopeia is a constellation in the northern sky.
- There were no records of cassiopeia before this time.
- NGC 457 is an open star cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia.
- This has been the case with for instance the Cassiopeia A supernova.
- Gliese 892 is a main sequence star in the constellation of Cassiopeia.
- Cassiopeia was however hung upside down in a chair in the star upon her death.
- Cassiopeia was however hung upside down in a chair in the stars upon her death.