Eris
pronunciation
How to pronounce Eris in British English:
UK ['eris]
How to pronounce Eris in American English:
US [ˈɪrɪs, ˈɛr-]
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- Noun:
- (Greek mythology) goddess of discord; sister of Ares
Word Origin
- Eris
- goddess of discord in Greek mythology, from Greek eris "strife, discord," which is of uncertain origin. Watkins suggests PIE root *ere- (3) "to separate, adjoin." Related: Eristic.
Example
- 1. Should eris , and many other objects circling the sun beyond neptune 's orbit ?
- 2. The scientist who discovered eris , caltech astronomer mike brown , thinks pluto 's demotion was the right move .
- 3. Those new rules cast pluto out , and put it in a new , and very exclusive , club of just five confirmed dwarfs in the solar system : pluto , ceres , haumea , makemake and eris .
- 4. Astronomers had found at least three new objects that were as big as pluto ( quaoar , sedna and eris ) , and the international astronomical union needed to find a new way to classify exactly what makes a planet a planet .