Libra

Definitions: Libra

Libra

Noun

1. A small faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere; between Virgo and Scorpius.

2. The seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from September 23 to October 22.

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

Specialty Definitions: Libra

Domain	Definitions
Aerospace	See constellation.Abbreviation Lib, Libr. (references)
Literature	Libra [the balance ]. One of the twelve signs of the Zodiac (September 22 to October 22), when day and night being weighed would be found equal. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Religion & Philosophy	September 24-October 23(astrology); ca. August 20-ca. September 20(astronomy). Source: European Union. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Libra

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Libra

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Abbreviation Lib

Genitive Librae

Meaning in English the Scales

Right ascension 15 h

Declination -15°

Visible to latitude Between 65° and -90°

On meridian 9 p.m., June 20

Area
- Total Ranked 29th
538 sq. deg.

Number of stars with
apparent magnitude < 3 2
Brightest star
- Apparent magnitude Zubeneschamali (β Lib)
2.6

Meteor showers
May Librids

Bordering constellations
Serpens Caput
Virgo
Hydra
Lupus
Scorpius
Ophiuchus

Libra (the scales) is a constellation of the zodiac. It is a fairly inconspicuous constellation and has no star of first magnitude, lying between Virgo to the west and Scorpius to the east. As the names of the brighter stars testify, it was at one point part of Scorpius' claws.

Notable features

The brightest stars in Libra form a rectangle:

α Librae, Zubenelgenubi ("southern claw"), a visual binary;
β Librae, Zubeneschamali ("northern claw");
γ Librae, Zubenelakrab ("scorpion's claw");
δ Librae, an eclipsing variable.

α and β Librae are the scales' balance beam, and γ and δ are the weighing pans.

Mythology

The constellation, which originally formed part of the scorpion's claws, is the youngest of the Zodiac and the only one not to represent a living being. In Greek mythology, the constellation depicts the scales held by Astraea (the Virgin), the goddess of justice.

Astrology

The astrological sign Libra (September 23 - October 22) is associated with the constellation.

In some cosmologies, Libra is associated with the classical element Air, and thus called an Air Sign (with Aquarius and Gemini). Its polar opposite is Aries.

Constellations of the zodiac : Aries -- Taurus -- Gemini -- Cancer -- Leo -- Virgo -- Libra -- Scorpius -- (Ophiuchus) -- Sagittarius -- Capricornus -- Aquarius -- Pisces

Libra is also a Roman coin and weight measure, see Historical weights and measures

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

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Libra

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
LIBRA	English	Light ion biomedical research accelerator	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Libra

Synonyms: Libra the Balance (n), Libra the Scales (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Libra

English words defined with "Libra": Autumnal point, Autumnal signs ♦ Cardinal signs ♦ Equinoctial points ♦ Libra the Balance, Libra the Scales, Librae ♦ Scorpio, Scorpius ♦ Virgo. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Libra": first point of Libra ♦ Lib, Libr. (references)

Etymologies containing "Libra": Equilibrium ♦ Libral, Livre. (references)

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

Czech (pound, quid), Italian (balance, scales), Latin (lb, lbs, Libra, pound, -pound, pound cake, pound Sterling, pounded, pounds, scales, Scales/the), Papiamen (release), Portuguese (Libra, pound, pound sterling, quid, scale), Spanish (Libra, plate, pound, pound-weight, quid, scales, sheet, slab, smacker).

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Modern Usage: Libra

Domain	Usage
Lyrics	No libra sun (I Just Called to Say I Love You; performing artist: Stevie Wonder)
Movie/TV Titles	Usporená libra (1963)
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Commercial Usage: Libra

Domain	Title
Books	Cosmic Grooves: Libra (reference) Libra (reference) Libra (Contemporary American Fiction) (reference) Libra 2003 Total Horoscope: September 23-October 22 (Total Horoscope Series) (reference) Super Horoscope Libra 2003: September 23-October 22 (Super Horoscope) (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Libra Sonatine (reference) Libra (reference) Music Of The Zodiac: Libra (reference) Predicciones Libra (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Image Slideshow: Libra

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Photo Album: Libra

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Smoke rises from two enemy planes shot down during a Japanese air attack on U.S. ships off Guadalcanal, 12 November 1942. Photographed from USS President Adams (AP-38). Ship at right is USS Betelgeuse (AK-28). That at left, barely visible beyond President Adams' structure, is USS Libra (AK-53). Smoke in the center distance appears to be a smoke screen.Credit: NAVY.		Smoke rises from two enemy planes shot down during a Japanese air attack on U.S. ships off Guadalcanal, 12 November 1942. Photographed from USS President Adams (AP-38). Ship at right is USS Betelgeuse (AK-28). That at left, barely visible beyond President Adams' structure, is USS Libra (AK-53). Smoke in the center distance appears to be a smoke screen.Credit: NAVY.
	Smoke rises from two enemy planes shot down during a Japanese air attack on U.S. ships off Guadalcanal, 12 November 1942. Photographed from USS President Adams (AP-38). Ship at right is USS Betelgeuse (AK-28). That at left, barely visible beyond President Adams' structure, is USS Libra (AK-53). Smoke in the center distance appears to be a smoke screen.Credit: NAVY.		Libra / Sidy. Hall, sculpt.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Gemini (superior), Libra (professional), Leo (friendly), Virgo (ingenious) ...Credit: Library of Congress.
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Usage Frequency: Libra

"Libra" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Libra" is used about 76 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)	100%	76	38,217

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

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Name Usage Frequency: Libra

The following table summarizes the usage of "Libra" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Libra	Last name	130	55,910
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Libra

Expressions using "Libra": Libra the Balance ♦ Libra the Scales. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "Libra": libra-drinking.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Libra

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	Expression	Frequency per Day
libra	1,401	libra zodiac sign	23
horoscope libra	275	libra and sagittarius	23
libra holiday	89	libra esterlina	21
libra sign	57	libra personality	21
libra tattoo	53	leo and libra	20
libra man	53	libra capricorn	20
libra daily horoscope	44	libra zodiac	20
libra astrology	39	libra and cancer	19
libra symbol	38	libra characteristic	19
aries and libra	29	libra virgo	19
libra the scale	27	california diego libra san university	18
horoscopo libra	27	libra profile	17
libra and scorpio	27	libra and pisces	15
libra taurus	26	2003 libra	13
gemini and libra	26	libra trait	13
libra picture	25	libra male	12
libra woman	25	2003 june libra	12
libra aquarius	25	libra scorpio cusp	11
libra constellation	24	libra love	11
libra compatibility	23	libra sex	11
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Modern Translations: Libra

Language		Translations for "Libra"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		Peshorja. (various references)

Arabic		‏برج الميزان. (various references)

Czech		Váha (authority, gravity, scale, strength, weigh, weighing machine, weight). (various references)

Danish		Vægten (Scales/the). (various references)

Dutch		Weegschaal (scale, scales, Scales/the, set of scales, weighing machine). (various references)

Farsi		یک رطل برابربا61اونس , برج میزان . (various references)

French		Balance. (various references)

German		Waage (balance, scale, scales, Scales/the, set of scales, weighbridge, weighing machine). (various references)

Greek		Ζυγός (Scales/the). (various references)

Hebrew		מאז� ים (scales). (various references)

Hungarian		Mérleg Csillagjegye, Font (plaited, pound). (various references)

Italian		Bilancia (balance, scale, scales, Scales/the, set of scales, weighing machine, weighing scales). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		天秤座 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		て�"び�"ざ. (various references)

Manx		Ny Meihaghyn. (various references)

Pig Latin		ibralay

Portuguese		Libra (pound, pound sterling, quid, scale), Libido, Balança (balance, bathroom scale, equine, librarian, scale, scales, Scales/the, swingle-trees, weigh bridge, weighing machine, weighing scales, wippletrees). (various references)

Romanian		Balanţa. (various references)

Russian		�'есы. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		vaga (balance, beam scale), rimska funta. (various references)

Spanish		Libra (plate, pound, pound-weight, quid, scales, Scales/the, sheet, slab, smacker). (various references)

Swedish		Pund (lace, nicker, pound, pound (£), quid, sovereign). (various references)

Thai		กลุ่ม�"าวตราชั่ง, ราศีตุล, คนที่เกิ�"ในราศีตุล (Libran). (various references)

Turkish		Terazi Burcu (scales). (various references)

Ukranian		Терези. (various references)
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Ancestral Language Translations: Libra

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Libra. (various references)
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Derivations & Misspellings: Libra

Derivations
	Words beginning with "Libra": librae, librarian, librarians, librarianship, librarianships, libraries, library, libras, librate, librated, librates, librating, libration, librational, librations, libratory. (additional references)
	Words containing "Libra": calibrate, calibrated, calibrates, calibrating, calibration, calibrations, calibrator, calibrators, disequilibrate, disequilibrated, disequilibrates, disequilibrating, disequilibration, disequilibrations, equilibrant, equilibrants, equilibrate, equilibrated, equilibrates, equilibrating, equilibration, equilibrations, equilibrator, equilibrators, equilibratory, intercalibration, intercalibrations, interlibrary, lamellibranch, lamellibranchs, nonlibrarian, nonlibrarians, nonlibraries, nonlibrary, recalibrate, recalibrated, recalibrates, recalibrating, recalibration, recalibrations, sublibrarian, sublibrarians, uncalibrated. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Libra" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Alibar, Eibar, Ibar, Kibria, Labora, Lebar, Lebeau, Lecraw, liba, libea, Liberec, Liberta, Libr, Librair, libram, libre, Libris, libro, libry, Liuba, Llobera, Llyfrau, lubra, Lydbury. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Libra"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "Libra" (pronounced lē"bru)
4	-ē" b r u	zebra.
3	-b r u	Abracadabra, algebra, candelabra, Cobra, hombre, macabre, Penumbra, Sabra, umbra, vertebra.
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Anagrams: Libra

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: brail.
	Words within the letters "a-b-i-l-r"
	-1 letter: abri, aril, bail, birl, lair, lari, liar, lira, rail, rial.
	-2 letters: ail, air, alb, arb, bal, bar, bra, lab, lar, lib, ria, rib.
	-3 letters: ab, ai, al, ar, ba, bi, la, li.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-i-l-r"
	+1 letter: bailer, bailor, brails, brasil, brazil, bridal, burial, librae, libras, ribald, tribal.
	+2 letters: bailers, bailors, bairnly, baldric, balkier, balmier, barilla, basilar, bedrail, bifilar, bilayer, biliary, bipolar, blaring, bolivar, brailed, braille, brasils, brawlie, brazils, bridals, burials, caliber, calibre, fibular, friable, garboil, hirable, kilobar, labroid, lambier, liberal, library, librate, orbital, parboil, rabidly, railbus, ribalds, ridable, scribal, timbral, triable, wirable.
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