Dictionary Definition
Hyades n : (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas
and half-sisters of the Pleiades; they nurtured the infant Dionysus
and Zeus placed them among the stars as a reward
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Proper noun
Hyades- An open cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus, and the nearest visible such cluster to Earth.
- Daughters of the Titan Atlas and sisters of the Pleiades.
See also
French
Proper noun
Hyades f|pExtensive Definition
Hyades may refer to:
- Hyades (mythology)
- Hyades (star cluster), an open star cluster in the constellation Taurus
- Hyades (band), an Italian power/heavy/thrash metal band.
Hyades in German: Hyaden
Hyades in French: Hyades
Hyades in Dutch: Hyaden
Hyades in Finnish: Hyadit
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Atlantides, Beehive, Cepheid variable,
Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, Messier catalog, NGC, Napaea, Pleiades, Seven Sisters,
absolute magnitude, binary star, black hole, double star, dryad, dwarf star, fixed star,
flower nymph, giant star, glen nymph, globular cluster, gravity
star, hamadryad,
limoniad, magnitude, main sequence star,
mass-luminosity law, mountain nymph, neutron star, nova, nymph, nymphet, nymphlin, open cluster,
oread, populations, pulsar, quasar, quasi-stellar radio
source, radio star, red giant star, relative magnitude, sky atlas,
spectrum-luminosity diagram, star, star catalog, star chart,
star cloud, star cluster, stellar magnitude, supernova, tree nymph,
variable star, vila, white
dwarf star, willi, wood
nymph