sirius
IPA: sˈɪriʌs
Root Word: Sirius
noun
- (astronomy) A binary star system in the constellation Canis Major
- (astronomy) A white main sequence star, the primary star of the star system, the only star of the pair that is visible to the naked eye. Long understood as a single extremely luminous white star, it was associated in ancient Egypt with the Nile flood and in Greek and Roman culture with the "dog days" of summer.
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Examples of "sirius" in Sentences
- I am bringing my sirius Boombox for music and news.
- Yes, the sirius satellites are not geosynchronous like XM in fact they are at a lower altitude and are doing a figure 8 around the North pole and south somewhere in the central US, I can't remember how far south
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