Definitions for hyades
ˈhaɪ əˌdiz; -ædzhyades

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1. Hyadesnoun

   (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Pleiades; they nurtured the infant Dionysus and Zeus placed them among the stars as a reward

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1. Hyadesnoun

   An open cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus, and the nearest visible such cluster to Earth.

2. Hyadesnoun

   Daughters of the Titan Atlas and sisters of the Pleiades.

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1. Hyades, Hyadsnoun

   A watry constellation.

   Etymology: ὑάδες.

   Then sailors quarter’d heav’n, and found a name
   For ev’ry fix’d and ev’ry wand’ring star;
   The pleiads, hyads. John Dryden, Georgicks.

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1. hyades

   The Hyades is an open star cluster located in the constellation Taurus. It is one of the nearest star clusters to Earth and is notable for marking the head of the celestial bull. Hyades is also recognized as the rain stars as their rising is often associated with rainy weather. Its most prominent stars form a 'V' shape that is easily identifiable in the night sky.

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1. Hyades

   alt. of Hyads

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1. Hyades

   The Hyades is the nearest open cluster to the Solar System and one of the best-studied of all star clusters. The Hipparcos satellite, the Hubble Space Telescope, and infrared color-magnitude diagram fitting have been used to establish a distance of ~153 ly to the cluster center. The distances established by these three independent methods agree, thereby making the Hyades an important rung on the cosmic distance ladder. The cluster consists of a roughly spherical group of hundreds of stars sharing the same age, place of origin, chemical content, and motion through space. From the perspective of observers on Earth, the Hyades Cluster appears in the constellation Taurus, where its brightest stars form a "V" shape along with the still brighter red giant Aldebaran. However, Aldebaran is completely unrelated to the Hyades, as it is located much closer to Earth and merely happens to lie along the same line of sight. The four brightest member stars of the Hyades are all red giants that began life as A-type stars and have now evolved off the main sequence. All are located within a few light years of each other. Their Bayer designations are Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, and Theta Tauri. They form an asterism that was traditionally identified as the head of Taurus the Bull. Epsilon Tauri, also known as Ain, harbors at least one gas giant planet.

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1. Hyades

   hī′a-dēz, Hyads, hī′adz, n. a cluster of five stars in the constellation of the Bull, supposed by the ancients to bring rain when they rose with the sun. [Gr. hyades, explained by the ancients as from hyein, to rain; more prob.=little pigs, hys, a pig.]

MythologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hyades

   (Hy′ades) were seven daughters of Atlas and Aethra, and they formed a constellation which, when it rises with the sun, threatens rain.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hyades in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hyades in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hyades
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hyades
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=hyades
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hyades
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=hyades
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=hyades
8. ^ Mythology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/42474/pg42474-images.html#:~:text=hyades