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BETA CENTAURI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Beta Centauri mean? 

BETA CENTAURI (noun)
  The noun BETA CENTAURI has 1 sense:

1. the second brightest star in Centaurusplay

  Familiarity information: BETA CENTAURI used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BETA CENTAURI (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The second brightest star in Centaurus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

star ((astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior)

Holonyms ("Beta Centauri" is a member of...):

Centaur; Centaurus (a conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross)


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