Icarus
pronunciation
How to pronounce Icarus in British English:
UK ['ikərəs; 'aikə-]
How to pronounce Icarus in American English:
US [ˈɪkərəs]
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- Noun:
- (Greek mythology) son of Daedalus; while escaping from Crete with his father (using the wings Daedalus had made) he flew too close to the sun and the wax melted and he fell into the Aegean and drowned
Word Origin
- Icarus
- son of Daedalus in Greek mythology; he flew too high on artificial wings and so plunged to his death. Used allusively from 1580s. The name is of unknown origin.
Example
- 1. The group has teamed with icarus interstellar and the foundation for enterprise development .
- 2. That 's certainly somewhere in the gap between icarus and the wright brothers .
- 3. Icarus 's findings now make that much less likely .
- 4. Like icarus , some planets have wandered too close to their parent suns and perished .
- 5. Project icarus is tasked with designing an interstellar spacecraft capable of exploring nearby stars and studying their planetary systems up close .