Andromeda
pronunciation
How to pronounce Andromeda in British English:
UK [ænˈdrɔmidə]
How to pronounce Andromeda in American English:
US [ænˈdrɑmɪdə]
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- Noun:
- broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers
- any of several shrubs of the genus Andromeda having leathery leaves and clusters of small flowers
Word Origin
- Andromeda
- constellation, 1667 (earlier Andromece, mid-15c.); in classical mythology the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, from Greek, literally "mindful of her husband," from andros, genitive of aner "man" (see anthropo-) + medesthai "to be mindful of, think on," related to medea (neuter plural) "counsels, plans, devices, cunning" (and source of the name Medea).
Example
- 1. Andromeda is the nearest large galaxy to our own milky way .
- 2. The picture shows astronomers where new stars have been forming in the galaxy andromeda .
- 3. That should give enough time to figure out a plan for the inevitable andromeda galaxy collision in 4.5 billion years
- 4. Millions of years later these two spirals will merge -- much like the milky way and andromeda will likely do billions of years from now .
- 5. Signs of young stars can also be seen in the centers of andromeda 's smaller companion galaxies , m32 and m110 .