the first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March 21 to April 19
Acronym for Autosampling and Recording Insrumental Environmental Sampler, a multi-function sampling device providing high resolution concurrent sampling of physical, chemical and biological parameters throughout the water column from a moving ship ARIES is modular, being composed of a water sampling unit, a plankton sampling unit and an oceanographic sensor unit See Dunn et al (1993)
the first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March 21 to April 19 a small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Pisces and Taurus (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries