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CHIRON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chiron mean? 

CHIRON (noun)
  The noun CHIRON has 2 senses:

1. (Greek mythology) the learned centaur who tutored Achilles, Asclepius, Hercules, Jason, and other heroesplay

2. an asteroid discovered in 1977; it is unique in having an orbit lying mainly between the orbits of Saturn and Uranusplay

  Familiarity information: CHIRON used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHIRON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(Greek mythology) the learned centaur who tutored Achilles, Asclepius, Hercules, Jason, and other heroes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

centaur ((classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)


Sense 2

Meaning:

An asteroid discovered in 1977; it is unique in having an orbit lying mainly between the orbits of Saturn and Uranus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

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

asteroid (any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter))


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