SAGITTARIUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sagittarius mean? 

• SAGITTARIUS (noun)
  The noun SAGITTARIUS has 4 senses:

1. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Sagittarius

2. a large zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere; between Scorpius and Capricornus

3. the ninth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about November 22 to December 21

4. type genus of the Sagittariidae

  Familiarity information: SAGITTARIUS used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAGITTARIUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Sagittarius

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Archer; Sagittarius

Hypernyms ("Sagittarius" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Domain category:

astrology; star divination (a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A large zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere; between Scorpius and Capricornus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)

Holonyms ("Sagittarius" is a part of...):

zodiac (a belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic; divided into 12 constellations or signs for astrological purposes)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The ninth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about November 22 to December 21

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Archer; Sagittarius; Sagittarius the Archer

Instance hypernyms:

house; mansion; planetary house; sign; sign of the zodiac; star sign ((astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Type genus of the Sagittariidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Sagittarius; Sagittarius

Hypernyms ("Sagittarius" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Sagittarius"):

Sagittarius serpentarius; secretary bird (large long-legged African bird of prey that feeds on reptiles)

Holonyms ("Sagittarius" is a member of...):

family Sagittariidae; Sagittariidae (secretary birds)

 Context examples 

This full moon is as sweet as sugar, and Mars will be supportive, for he is in Sagittarius, a fellow fire sign in ideal angle to your Sun and full moon.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, called Sagittarius A*, or Sgr A*, is estimated to contain about 4.5 million times the mass of our sun.

(NASA’s Chandra Detects Record-Breaking Outburst from Milky Way’s Black Hole, NASA)

The targeted supermassive black hole is hidden in plain sight, lurking in the center of the Milky Way in a region called the Sagittarius constellation, some 26,000 light years from Earth.

(Astronomers Piece Together First Image of Black Hole, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The possible mid-sized black hole is much smaller than the supermassive black hole that is located in the center of the galaxy, known as Sagittarius A, which weighs as much as 400 million suns.

(Astronomers Find New Evidence for Long-theorized Mid-sized Black Holes, VOA News)

It's located more than 5,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius.

(SOFIA Reveals How the Swan Nebula Hatched, NASA)

Also known as Sh 2-29, Sharpless 29 is located about 5500 light-years away in the constellation of Sagittarius (The Archer), next door to the larger Lagoon Nebula.

(Stellar Nursery Blooms into View, ESO)

To make their respective discoveries, each team analysed ALMA observations of HD 163296, a young star about 330 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Sagittarius (The Archer).

(ALMA Discovers Trio of Infant Planets around Newborn Star, ESO)

Sharpless 2-54 and the Eagle and Omega Nebulae are located roughly 7000 light-years away — the first two fall within the constellation of Serpens (The Serpent), while the latter lies within Sagittarius (The Archer).

(VST Captures Three-In-One, ESO)

In particular, they would like to know how the stars interact with the Galactic center's most dominant resident: the supermassive black hole known as Sagittarius A* (abbreviated Sgr A*).

(Scientists Take Viewers to the Center of the Milky Way, NASA)

There are ongoing mergers taking place right now, such as between the puny Sagittarius dwarf galaxy and the Milky Way.

(The Gaia Sausage: the major collision that changed the Milky Way, University of Cambridge)