Regulus

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R0128550 (rĕg′yə-ləs)n. A bright binary star in the constellation Leo, approximately 78 light years from Earth.

[Latin rēgulus, diminutive of rēx, rēg-, king; see regulus.]

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R0128550 (rĕg′yə-ləs)n. pl. reg·u·li (-lī) or reg·u·lus·es 1. The metallic mass that sinks to the bottom of a furnace or crucible during smelting.2. A relatively impure intermediate product of various ores in smelting.

[Latin rēgulus, diminutive of rēx, rēg-, king; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

reg′u·line (rĕg′yə-lĭn, -līn′) adj.

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(ˈrɛɡjʊləs) n, pl -luses or -li (-ˌlaɪ) (Metallurgy) impure metal forming beneath the slag during the smelting of ores[C16: from Latin: a petty king, from rēx king; formerly used for antimony, because it combines readily with gold, thought of as the king of metals] ˈreguline adj

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(ˈrɛɡjʊləs) n (Biography) Marcus Atilius (ˈmɑːkəs əˈtɪlɪəs). died ?250 bc, Roman general; consul (267; 256). Captured by the Carthaginians in the First Punic War, he was sent to Rome on parole to deliver the enemy's peace terms, advised the Senate to refuse them, and was tortured to death on his return to Carthage

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(ˈrɛɡjʊləs) n (Celestial Objects) the brightest star in the constellation Leo. Visual magnitude: 1.3; spectral type: B8; distance: 69 light years

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(ˈrɛg yə ləs)

n., pl. -lus•es, -li (-ˌlaɪ) a first-magnitude star in the constellation Leo. [1550–60; < Latin rēgulus literally, little king (diminutive of rēx)]

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n. Marcus Atilius, died 250? B.C., Roman general.

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(rĕg′yə-ləs) A bright binary star in the constellation Leo.

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Noun	1.	Regulus - the brightest star in LeoLeo - a zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo
	2.	Regulus - a genus of birds of the family Sylviidae including kingletsgenus Regulusbird genus - a genus of birdsfamily Sylviidae, Sylviidae - in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatcherskinglet - small birds resembling warblers but having some of the habits of titmice

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(Marcus Atilius Regulus) (rĕg`yo͝oləs), d. c.250 B.C., Roman general in the First Punic War. While consul (267 B.C.) he conquered the Sallentini and captured Brundisium (now Brindisi). He became consul a second time (256), defeated the Carthaginians at sea, and waged war against them in Africa, at first with success. Soon afterward the Carthaginians won a complete victory and captured (255) Regulus. He was sent on parole to solicit peace from the Romans, but instead he advised the senate against accepting the Punic terms or exchanging prisoners. Resisting persuasions to break his parole, he returned to Carthage, where he was supposedly tortured to death. The story made Regulus famous as a Roman patriot-martyr.

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(rĕg`yələs), brightest star in the constellation LeoLeo
[Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac.
..... Click the link for more information. ; Bayer designation Alpha Leonis; 1992 position R.A. 10^h08^m, Dec. +12°00'. A bluish-white main-sequence star of spectral classspectral class,
in astronomy, a classification of the stars by their spectrum and luminosity. In 1885, E. C. Pickering began the first extensive attempt to classify the stars spectroscopically.
..... Click the link for more information. B7 V, its apparent magnitudemagnitude,
in astronomy, measure of the brightness of a star or other celestial object. The stars cataloged by Ptolemy (2d cent. A.D.), all visible with the unaided eye, were ranked on a brightness scale such that the brightest stars were of 1st magnitude and the dimmest stars
..... Click the link for more information. of 1.35 makes it one of the 25 brightest stars in the sky. Its distance from the earth is about 85 light-years. Regulus is a visual triple star. Its name is Latin for "prince."

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(reg -yŭ-lŭs) (α Leo) A bluish-white star that is the brightest one in the constellation Leo and lies at the base of the Sickle of Leo. It is a visual triple star, with the bright Regulus A being accompanied by an orange companion (B) orbiting A once every 130 000 years at a distance of more than 4000 AU. B itself has a 13th-magnitude red dwarf companion (C). The Regulus system has a common proper motion with a fourth star (D). m_v : 1.4 (A), 7.7 (B); M_v : –0.3; spectral type: B7 V (A), K1 V (B); distance: 21 pc.

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[′reg·yə·ləs] (metallurgy) Impure metal formed beneath the slag during smelting or reduction of ores.

Regulus

[′reg·yə·ləs] (astronomy) A star of stellar magnitude 1.34, about 67 light-years from the sun, spectral classification B8, in the constellation Leo; the star α Leonis. Also known as Little Ruler. (ordnance) A United States surface-to-surface, jet-powered guided missile; it is equipped with a nuclear warhead, and launched from a surfaced submarine or a cruiser.

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Marcus Atilius . died ?250 bc, Roman general; consul (267; 256). Captured by the Carthaginians in the First Punic War, he was sent to Rome on parole to deliver the enemy's peace terms, advised the Senate to refuse them, and was tortured to death on his return to Carthage

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noun the brightest star in Leo

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noun a genus of birds of the family Sylviidae including kinglets

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