clementine

clem·en·tine

C0400900 (klĕm′ən-tīn′, -tēn′)n. A deep red-orange, often seedless mandarin orange.

[French clémentine, after Father Clément Rodier (1829-1904), French missionary in Algeria in whose orphanage the variety was found growing .]

clementine

(ˈklɛmənˌtiːn; -ˌtaɪn) n (Plants) a citrus fruit thought to be either a variety of tangerine or a hybrid between a tangerine and sweet orange[C20: from French clémentine, perhaps from the female Christian name]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	clementine - a variety of mandarin orange that is grown around the Mediterranean and in South Africaclementine treeCitrus reticulata, mandarin, mandarin orange, mandarin orange tree - shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia
	2.	clementine - a mandarin orange of a deep reddish orange color and few seedsmandarin orange, mandarin - a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China

Translations

小柑橘

clementine

→ 小柑橘zhCN

clementine

a citrus fruit thought to be either a variety of tangerine or a hybrid between a tangerine and sweet orange

Clementine

A joint mission launched in 1994 by NASA and the US Strategic Defense Initiative Organization with the main aims of testing sensors and spacecraft components over a long period of exposure to the environment of space and carrying out scientific observations of the Moon and the near-Earth asteroid (1620) Geographos. The observations were intended to facilitate a thorough analysis of the surface relief and geology of both the Moon and Geographos by means of imaging at various wavelengths throughout the spectrum from infrared to ultraviolet, laser-ranging altimetry, and charged-particle measurement. The original purpose of these observations was to assess the surface mineralogy of the Moon between lunar latitudes 60° N and 60° S. The probe used for the Clementine mission was launched on Jan. 25 1994 from Vandenberg Air Force Base and achieved lunar orbit on Feb. 21. After completing its lunar investigations on May 7, the Clementine craft was about to maneuver into position to begin the journey to Greographos, when an onboard computer malfunction caused a thruster to fire and remain firing until it had exhausted all its fuel, sending the probe into an uncontrollable spin. Although Clementine remained in an Earth-centered orbit testing its equipment, the planned flyby of Geographos had to be abandoned. Despite being only partially successful, Clementine provided a wealth of photographic and other data. In 1996, analysis of its results led scientists to speculate that there might be reserves of water ice lying beneath the Moon's surface in deep craters whose interiors are in permanent shadow at the lunar poles. See also Lunar Prospector.

Clementine

forty-niner’s drowned daughter; “lost and gone forever.” [Am. Music: Leach, 236]See: Grief

clementine

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Synonyms for clementine

noun a variety of mandarin orange that is grown around the Mediterranean and in South Africa

Synonyms

clementine tree

Related Words

Citrus reticulata
mandarin
mandarin orange
mandarin orange tree

noun a mandarin orange of a deep reddish orange color and few seeds

Related Words

mandarin orange
mandarin