Ceres
pronunciation
How to pronounce Ceres in British English:
UK ['siəri:z]
How to pronounce Ceres in American English:
US [ˈsɪriz]
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- Noun:
- (Roman mythology) goddess of agriculture; counterpart of Greek Demeter
- the largest asteroid and the first discovered
Word Origin
- Ceres
- Roman goddess of agriculture (identified with Greek Demeter), also the name given to the first-found and largest asteroid (discovered 1801); see cereal. Her festival, Cerealia, was April 10.
Example
- 1. Ceres and vesta will make for interesting subjects .
- 2. Indeed , ceres may have ice caps and a thin atmosphere .
- 3. To this end , ceres is tinkering with three species of grass : miscanthus , switchgrass and sorghum .
- 4. Ceres , at about 960km in diameter , is the largest asteroid .
- 5. Between the orbits of mars and jupiter lies the asteroid belt , which includes the dwarf planet ceres .