A centaur (/ˈsɛntɔːr, ˈsɛntɑːr/ SEN-tor, SEN-tar; Ancient Greek: κένταυρος, romanized: kéntauros; Latin: centaurus), occasionally hippocentaur, also called...
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In planetary astronomy, a centaur is a small Solar System body that orbits the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune and crosses the orbits of one or more of...
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Centaur Technology was an x86 CPU design company started in 1995 and subsequently a wholly owned subsidiary of VIA Technologies. In 2015, the documentary...
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Vulcan Centaur is a heavy-lift launch vehicle created and operated by United Launch Alliance (ULA). It is a two-stage-to-orbit launch vehicle consisting...
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Cromwell tank (redirect from Centaur tank)
development led to the creation of the competing Centaur tank (officially the Tank, Cruiser, Mk VIII, Centaur (A27L)). This was closely related to the Cromwell...
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0 ft) diameter Common Centaur/Centaur III flies as the upper stage of the Atlas V launch vehicle, and the 5.4 m (18 ft) diameter Centaur V has been developed...
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Centaur or centaur in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A centaur is creature from Greek mythology that is half human, half horse. Centaur, Centaurs or...
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Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Centaur, after the half-human, half-horse centaur of Greek mythology: HMS Centaur (1746) was a 24-gun sixth rate launched...
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Australian Hospital Ship (AHS) Centaur was a hospital ship which was attacked and sunk by a Japanese submarine off the coast of Queensland, Australia...
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Titan-Centaur refers to the combination of a Titan rocket with a Centaur upper stage. Specifically, it may refer to: Titan IIIE Titan IV This disambiguation...
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The Atlas-Centaur was a United States expendable launch vehicle derived from the SM-65 Atlas D missile. The vehicle featured a Centaur upper stage, the...
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The Centaur is a novel by John Updike, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1963. It won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. Portions of the novel first...
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The Klon Centaur is an overdrive pedal made by the American engineer Bill Finnegan between 1994 and 2008. Finnegan aimed to create a pedal that would...
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Shuttle-Centaur was a version of the Centaur upper stage rocket designed to be carried aloft inside the Space Shuttle and used to launch satellites into...
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Centaur is a serif typeface by book and typeface designer Bruce Rogers, based on the Renaissance-period printing of Nicolas Jenson around 1470. He used...
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The Centaur Company, founded in 1871, owned and marketed proprietary medicines, notably, the stimulant laxative Fletcher's Castoria and the ointment Centaur...
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Centaur may refer to one of the following ships: AHS Centaur, an Australian hospital ship sunk in 1943 HMS Centaur, eight ships of the British Royal Navy...
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Centaur Media (LSE: CAU) is a London-based business information, events and marketing provider to professional and commercial markets. It currently operates...
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Sagittarius (astrology) (category Centaurs)
the centaur Chiron, who mentored Achilles, a Greek hero of the Trojan War, in archery. Sagittarius, the half human and half horse, is the centaur of mythology...
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Centaurworld (redirect from Centaur World)
embattled world to a strange and colorful land inhabited by vibrant, singing centaurs of all species, shapes, and sizes. The first season's story primarily revolves...
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Centaur (Russian: Кентавр, romanized: Kentavr) is a Russian road movie directed by Kirill Kemnits, it stars Yuri Borisov and Anastasia Talyzina, also...
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Pallas and the Centaur is a painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli, c. 1482. It is now in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. It has...
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Lapiths (redirect from Battle of Lapiths and Centaurs)
the two heroes giving their names to the races of the Lapiths and the Centaurs respectively. The Lapiths are best known for their involvement in the Centauromachy...
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Stinson L-13 (redirect from Acme Centaur)
bush flying use, fitting a radial engine by Acme Aircraft Company as the Centaur, while others underwent similar conversions by Caribbean Traders Inc, as...
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The Centaur class aircraft carrier was the final iteration of the 1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier developed by the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy during...
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Centaur is a pinball machine designed by Jim Patla and produced by Bally. The game was inspired by the classic Bally's 1956 Balls-A-Poppin that was the...
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HMS Centaur was the first of the four Centaur-class light fleet carriers of the Royal Navy. She was the only ship of her class to be completed with the...
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Chiron (category Centaurs)
was held to be the superlative centaur amongst his brethren since he was called the "wisest and justest of all the centaurs". Chiron was notable throughout...
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A Centaur's Life, known in Japan as Centaur's Worries (Japanese: セントールの悩み, Hepburn: Sentōru no Nayami), is a Japanese slice of life comedy manga series...
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Atlas V (section Centaur upper stage)
Production ceased in 2024. Other future ULA launches will use the Vulcan Centaur rocket. Each Atlas V launch vehicle consists of two main stages. The first...
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