ARP

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• ARP (noun)
  The noun ARP has 1 sense:

1. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of dadaism in Zurich; noted for abstract organic sculptures (1887-1966)

  Familiarity information: ARP used as a noun is very rare.

• ARP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of dadaism in Zurich; noted for abstract organic sculptures (1887-1966)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Arp; Hans Arp; Jean Arp

Instance hypernyms:

artist; creative person (a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination)

poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))

 Context examples 

Arp 299 also emits copious amounts of infrared light that has been detected by observatories such as NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, but those data are not included in this composite.

(Chandra Samples Galactic Goulash, NASA)

This new composite image of Arp 299 contains X-ray data from Chandra (pink), higher-energy X-ray data from NuSTAR (purple), and optical data from the Hubble Space Telescope (white and faint brown).

(Chandra Samples Galactic Goulash, NASA)

Such a loaded buffet of high-mass X-ray binaries is rare, but Arp 299 is one of the most powerful star-forming galaxies in the nearby Universe.

(Chandra Samples Galactic Goulash, NASA)

New data from Chandra reveals 25 bright X-ray sources sprinkled throughout the Arp 299 concoction.

(Chandra Samples Galactic Goulash, NASA)

Arp 299 is a system located about 140 million light years from Earth.

(Chandra Samples Galactic Goulash, NASA)