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Fixed star in Perseus
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algol
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Algol or ALGOL may mean:
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Beta Persei, variable star in the constellation Perseus, late 14c., literally "the Demon," from Arabic al-ghul "the demon" (see ghoul ). It corresponds, in modern representations of the constellation, to the gorgon's head Perseus is holding, but it probably ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Algol \Al"gol\, n. [Ar. al-gh[=u]l destruction, calamity, fr. gh[=a]la to take suddenly, destroy.] (Astron.) A fixed star, in Medusa's head, in the constellation Perseus, remarkable for its periodic variation in brightness.
Usage examples of algol.
Trend that Ardath and certain others highly disapproved of Algol, that would rob him at least of his better-funded prey.
And protect Ardath, who would go to war for him, and who by no means should attempt it, against Algol and his ilk.
Glorious creatures enjoyed drinks, and Algol, their rescuer, secured their lodgings, showed them up to a trendy room, then took them back down where the Fashionables gathered, set them at a table and asked them what they would have.
Governor, has fallen into the company of one Algol, a Freethinker, a grotesque, a perennial problem on the street.
Magdallen kept his focus on the several ex-devotees of Algol who emerged, standing frozen in a clump on the far side of the bar.
Algol-Raphael, patriarch of the Algol clan, king schmuck of the universe, has parked himself beside a column next to the stairway.
Belt, and the Algol clan is at the forefront of the Omega Point movement.
Superior spacers wearing hard-suits painted with the sword emblem of the Algol clan.
Gorgeous bales of crystal-cloth, spun by the intelligent Arachnidae of Algol IV, shimmered like iridescent mist.
Overhead glimmered those stars yet surviving including Achernar, Algol, Canopus and Cansaspara.
She looked at her hands and watched a line of blood creep out from beneath her nails while her skull pounded like all the demon drums of Algol at one time.
Persei is directly above and to the right of Alpha Perseus, and both Alpha and Gamma are almost directly above Beta Perseus - better known as Algol or the Demon Star because of its constantly changing brightness.
It had been the command function on Sirius the Dog Star, had been command again in the Rigel System where the invaders and monstrous beings had been crushed, had held true on Algol VII where the great war of the frog men had resulted in their rout and in the glorious victory of the Federation even at the cost of several hundred thousand brave troops .
Alioth and Algol looked down on them as on the first pair of lovers they shone over, and the autumn air seemed full of harmonies as when the morning stars sang together.
A few minutes later the twin suns of Algol burst over the horizon like a nuclear explosion.