centaur

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English - Turkish
insan başlı at biçimindeki mitolojik yaratık
mit.yarı insan yarı at biçimindeki yaratık
insan başlı at
santor
(Astroloji) Güneşin yörüngesinde dönen, Jüpiter ve Neptün arasında yer alan, buzla kaplı asteroit
(Mitoloji) Sentorlar (Yunanca: Κένταυρος, Kendavros (tekil), Κένταυροι, Kendavri (çoğul)), Yunan mitolojisinde kısmen insan ve kısmen at görünümlü yaratıklardır
{i} insan başlı at [mit.]
{i} iki cinsli yaratık
usta at binicisi
English - English
One of a race of monsters having a head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse
A skillful horseman or horsewoman
A U.S. upper stage, with a restartable liquid-propellant engine, used with an Atlas or Titan booster to launch satellites and probes
An icy planetoid that orbits the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune
A mythical beast having a horse's body with a human head and torso in place of the head and neck of the horse
An icy planetoid that orbits the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune (also capitalized)
{n} a poetical being half man half horse, monster, sign, the archer in the zodiac
a skillfull horseman or horsewoman
A constellation in the southern heavens between Hydra and the Southern Cross
In classical mythology, a centaur is a creature with the head, arms, and body of a man, and the body and legs of a horse. a creature in ancient Greek stories with the head, chest, and arms of a man and the body and legs of a horse (Centaurus, from Kentauros). In Greek mythology, one of a race of creatures, part horse and part man, living in the mountains of Thessaly and Arcadia. They were best known for their battle with the Lapiths, occasioned by their attempt to carry off the bride of a Lapith prince. Centaurs were often depicted drawing Dionysus' chariot or ridden by Eros, in reference to their drunken and amorous habits. Their king Chiron, however, was notable for being civilized, gentle, and the tutor of heroes
a conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross
In Greek mythology, a creature with the head, arms, and torso of a man and the legs and lower body of a horse
{i} fabled monster being half man and half horse (Greek Mythology)
(2 syl ) A huntsman The Thessalian centaurs were half-horses, half-men They were invited to a marriage feast, and, being intoxicated, behaved with great rudeness to the women The Lapithae took the women's part, fell on the centaurs, and drove them out of the country “Feasts that Thessalian centaurs never knew ” Thomson: Autumn Cent-cyne One of the upper ten; a person of high birth, a descendant of the race of kings (Anglo-Saxon cyne, royal; cyne-dom, a kingdom; also noble, renowned, chief ) “His wife, by birth a Cent-cyne, went out as a day-servant ”- Gaboriau: Promise of Marriage, chap v
A fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse
n A mythical beast that is composed of half man (head, arms and trunk) and half horse (lower body and legs) From the Latin Centaurus (Also, a constellation in the southern hemisphere ) Warcraft III art
(classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse
Obviously this makes these creatures very useful in games where items have been set to be regenerate quickly eaters The following creatures CANNOT eat food to replenish energy
A mythical beast having a horses body with a human head and torso in place of the head and neck of the horse
An ``outer planet crosser'' A minor body whose heliocentric orbit is between Jupiter and Neptune and typically crosses the orbits of one of the other outer giant planets (Saturn, Uranus, Neptune) The orbits of the Centaurs are dynamically unstable due to interactions with the giant planets, so they must be transition objects from a larger reservoir of small bodies to potentially active inner solar system objects The Kuiper belt is believed to be this source reservoir
[art] Greek myth; half man, half horse ; descendants of Ixion, dwelling in mountainous Thessaly

Related Terms

Centaur object
Icy body, similar to an asteroid in size but to a comet in composition, that orbits the Sun mainly between the orbits of Jupiter and Neptune. The first known Centaur object, Chiron, was found in 1977, but its affinity with comets was not recognized until more than a decade later. Subsequently, dozens of Centaur objects have been reported. They are thought to have originated in the Kuiper belt, a vast reservoir of comet nuclei beyond Neptune's orbit
a centaur
sagittary
centaurs
plural of centaur
centaur

    Hyphenation

    cen·taur

    Turkish pronunciation

    sentôr

    Synonyms

    hippocentaur

    Pronunciation

    /ˈsenˌtôr/ /ˈsɛnˌtɔːr/

    Etymology

    [ 'sen-"tor ] (noun.) 14th century. From Latin centaurus Ancient Greek κένταυρος (kentauros) Κένταυρος (Kentauros, “a member of a savage race from Thessaly”).
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