Altair
pronunciation
How to pronounce Altair in British English:
UK [ælˈtɛə]
How to pronounce Altair in American English:
US [ælˈtaɪr, -ˈtɛr, ˈælˌtaɪr, -ˌtɛr]
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- Noun:
- double star 15.7 light years from Earth; the brightest star in the Aquila constellation
Word Origin
- Altair
- bright star in the constellation Aquila, 16c., from Arabic Al Nasr al Tair "the Flying Eagle," from tair, participle of tara "it flew."
Example
- 1. Mits founder ed roberts got the name altair from the stellar destination in a star trek episode .
- 2. Altair is strictly a design and engineering firm , so it is looking for someone to join it in building enough buses to launch a demonstration and test fleet .
- 3. When america returns to the moon , four astronauts will ride in orion to lunar orbit and then all of them will move into the altair lunar lander to go explore the moon .