Taurus

Definitions: Taurus

Taurus

Noun

1. A zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere near Orion; between Aries and Gemini.

2. The second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from April 20 to May 20.

Date "Taurus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Taurus

Domain	Definitions
Aerospace	See constellation.Abbreviation Tau, Taur. (references)
Religion & Philosophy	April 21-May 21(astrology); ca. March 20-ca. April 20(astronomy). Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Bristol Taurus

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The Taurus was a 14-cylinder two-row radial aircraft engine, produced by the Bristol Engine Company starting in 1936. The Taurus was developed by adding cylinders to the existing Aqulia design, creating a design that produced just over 1,000 horsepower with very low weight.

Bristol had originally intended to use the Aquila and Perseus as two of its major designs in the 1930s, but the rapid increase in size and speed of aircraft in the 1930s demanded much larger engines than either of these. The mechanicals from both of these designs were then put into two-row configuations to develop much larger engines, the Aquila becoming the Taurus, and the Perseus becoming the Hercules.

Unlike the earlier engines, where the sleeve valve was a new and untried design, the Taurus was fairly well understood and was delivered running at almost the same power it ended with, at 1,015hp. After several years of development, this improved only to 1,130hp, a tesimonial to how good the first versions were.

The first Taurus engines were delivered just before World War II opened, and found some use primarily in Bristol's own Beaufort torpedo bomber. When the same plane was fitted with the famous Pratt and Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp, its performance actually fell even though the Twin Wasp was both lighter and more powerful.

Nevertheless by the time the engine was in widespread production, designs had already demanded even higher power settings. The Hercules went on to see fairly widespread use, while the Taurus ended with the Beaufort after only a few years.

Specifications

For Taurus XII:

Layout: fourteen-cylinder, two-row, radial

Bore/Stroke/Displacement: 5"/5.4"/1550 cu in (25.4l)

Compression ratio: (unknown)

Power: 1,130hp at 3100 RPM

Weight: 1300 lbs (591 kg)

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bristol Taurus."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Taurus

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
Taurus	English	Transfer and Automated Registration of Uncertified Stocks	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: Taurus

Synonym: Taurus the Bull (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Taurus

English words defined with "Taurus": Aldebaran, Aries ♦ Bos taurus, Bull's-eye ♦ Carcharias taurus ♦ Gemini ♦ Hyads ♦ Odontaspis taurus, Orion, ox ♦ Pleiades ♦ Taur, Taurus the Bull, The Hunter ♦ Vernal signs. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Taurus": Central Sun, Chillingham Cattle ♦ Iconium, Imaus ♦ Tau, Taur. (references)

Etymologies containing "Taurus": Taur, Tauricornous, Tauriform, Taurylic, toreador. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Taurus" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (bos taurus, bull, bull baiting, bull terrier, Bull/the, Taurus).

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Modern Usage: Taurus

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

O Mistério do Taurus (1965)

Taurus (2002)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Taurus

Domain	Title
References	Forjas Taurus S/A: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Taurus Entertainment Companies, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Taurus Petroleum AB: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Taurus 2003 Total Horoscope: April 21-May 20 (Total Horoscope Series) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Taurus (reference) (more periodical examples)

Music	Music Of The Zodiac: Taurus (reference) Taurus People (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	TAURUS MFA - LINUX/MAC/PM/OS/2 (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Taurus

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Non-Fiction Usage: Taurus

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		The cars that the Italians could say "ciao" to are almost all Fiat 850 models, some Uno, Croma and Ritmo models, as well as many of the Ford Escort, Fiesta and Taurus models. (references)
Economic History	Morocco	Taurus Oil AB of Sweden and Energy Africa Morocco signed three exploration permits for the Tiznit offshore area. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Taurus

"Taurus" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 93.53% of the time. "Taurus" is used about 170 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	93.53%	159	24,860
Noun (singular)	5.29%	9	117,287
Noun (common)	1.18%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	170	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Taurus

Country	Name	Country	Name
Brazil	Forjas Taurus S/A	Sweden	Taurus Petroleum AB
USA	Taurus Entertainment Companies, Inc.
	(more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Taurus

Expressions using "Taurus": B taurus ♦ bos taurus ♦ Carcharias taurus ♦ Odontaspis taurus ♦ Taurus the Bull. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Taurus

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
taurus	1,487
ford taurus	811
taurus firearm	310
horoscope taurus	241
taurus sho	227
taurus gun	207
taurus hand gun	190
taurus tattoo	89
taurus pistol	86
taurus zodiac	81
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Taurus

Language		Translations for "Taurus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		Demi (bull). (various references)

Arabic		‏برج الثور (bull). (various references)

Danish		Tyren (Bull/the). (various references)

Dutch		Stier (bull, bull operator, Bull/the). (various references)

French		Taureau. (various references)

German		Stier (blank, bull, Bull/the, Bullock, glassy, slack, slow, steer, taunts, vacant). (various references)

Greek		Ταύρoς (Bull/the), Ταύροσ. (various references)

Hebrew		מזל שור. (various references)

Hungarian		Taurusz-hegység, Bika Csillagkép. (various references)

Indonesian		altur. (various references)

Italian		Toro (bull, Bull/the, core, floral bud, pit torus, receptacle, toroid, toroidal vacuum chamber, toroidal vessel, torus, transition ring). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		金牛宮 (the Bull), 牡牛座 (ox guild), デ杯 (bathroom, Davis Cup, lavatory, prerecorded announcement, restroom, talk, talk show, talkie, tautology, toad, toast, toaster, tochka, toe, toe dance, toe kick, toeshows, together, Togo, toilet, toilet case, toilet paper, toilet powder, toilet soap, toiletry, Tokaji, Tokamak, Tokay, token, tokenism, toll, tollgate, tonal, tonality, tone, tone down, tooth, torch, torch lamp, torch relay, tornado, torus, total, Total Energy System, total fashion, total look, total product, totalizator system, tote bag, totem, totem pole, totemism, tournament, tournament pro, toxoplasma, true, try for point, tutti). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		おうしざ (ox guild), トーラス (torus), き�"ぎゅうきゅう (the Bull). (various references)

Manx		Yn Tarroo (The Bull). (various references)

Pig Latin		aurustay.(various references)

Portuguese		Touro (bull, Bull/the). (various references)

Russian		Телец. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		bik (bull). (various references)

Spanish		Tauro (bull, Bull/the). (various references)

Swedish		Oxen (oxen). (various references)

Thai		สัญลักษ�"์ของราศีพฤษ� , �"าววัว. (various references)

Turkish		Boğa Takımyıldızı. (various references)

Ukranian		Телець. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Taurus

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Taurus. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Misspellings: Taurus

Misspellings
	"Taurus" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Faubus, Haurus, Pagurus, Rauris, Tarnus, Taunus, Tausug, Tournus, Tsuruo, turus. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Taurus

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-r-s-t-u-u"
	-1 letter: sutra.
	-2 letters: arts, rats, rust, ruts, star, sura, tars, taus, tsar, ursa, urus, utas.
	-3 letters: ars, art, ras, rat, rut, sat, sau, tar, tas, tau, uta, uts.
	-4 letters: ar, as, at, ta, us, ut.
	Words containing the letters "a-r-s-t-u-u"
	+1 letter: arbutus, auteurs, sutural.
	+2 letters: auguster, hauteurs, pursuant, pustular, turacous.
	+3 letters: arbutuses, auteurist, claustrum, cubatures, gutturals, outargues, rapturous, runabouts, sumptuary, suppurate, susurrant, suturally, thesaurus, trousseau.
	+4 letters: adulterous, anthuriums, auteurists, autoroutes, curvatures, fulgurates, gratuitous, haustorium, luxuriates, nasturtium, outrageous, pursuivant, rouseabout, roustabout, sauerkraut, sculptural, structural, subcrustal, subjugator, substratum, sudatorium, suppurated, suppurates, trousseaus, trousseaux, turnabouts, ultrasound, unsaturate, usurpation.
	+5 letters: adventurous, anfractuous, apatosaurus, apicultures, auditoriums, avicultures, bureaucrats, crustaceous, duumvirates, elucubrates, gutturalism, inaugurates, judicatures, juggernauts, multiparous, muscularity, musculature, nasturtiums, nunciatures, nurturances, punctuators, pursuivants, quadratures, quadruplets, rapturously, roundabouts, rouseabouts, roustabouts, sauerkrauts, stegosaurus, subcultural, subcurative, subjugators, substratums, subtreasury, suburbanite, sudatoriums, summersault, supernature, suppurating, suppuration, suppurative, susurration, terraqueous, thesauruses, troubadours, tuberculars, turnarounds, ultracasual, ultrasounds, uncustomary, unsaturated, unsaturates, unspiritual, usurpations, vasculature.
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