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Definition: Pegasus |
PegasusNoun1. (Greek mythology) immortal winged horse that sprang from the blood of the slain Medusa; was tamed by Bellerophon with the help of a bridle given him by Athena; as the flying horse of the Muses it is a symbol of high-flying imagination. 2. A constellation in the northern hemisphere near Andromeda and Pisces. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Pegasus" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be strong", "coming from a water spring". |
Date "Pegasus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Etymology: Pegasus \Peg"a*sus\, noun. [Latin expression, from the Greek]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Pegasus |
Aerospace | See constellation.Abbreviation Peg, Pegs. (references) |
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The Pegasus was a 9 cylinder one-row radial aircraft engine designed as the follow-on to the Bristol Aeroplane Company's very successful Bristol Jupiter, following lessons learned in the Mercury effort. Sadly Bristol chose to reuse the name many years later for the engine used in the Hawker Harrier, see Bristol Pegasus (jet).The Pegasus was the same size, displacement and general steel/aluminium construction as the Jupiter, but other improvements allowed the RPM to be increased from 1950 to 2600 for take-off power. This improved performance considerably from the Jupiter's 580hp, to the first Pegasus II's with 635hp, to 690hp in the first production model III's, and eventually to the late-model XXII's 1010hp with improved superchargers (max take-off in all cases).
The most famous use of the Pegasus is on the Fairey Swordfish, and it was also used on the Bristol Bombay. Like the Jupiter before it, the Pegasus was also licensed, but this time only by the PZL company in Poland. They used it on their PZL P.23 £oœ and PZL P.37 designs.
Specifications
For Pegasus X:
- Bore / Stroke / Displacement: 5.75" x 7.5", 1753 cu in (28.7 litre)
- Compression ratio: (unknown)
- HP: 915 hp at 2600 RPM (max continuous), 960 hp at 2475 RPM (take-off)
- Weight: 1005 lbs
Bristol Pegasus is also a motor-racing club in Bristol.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bristol Pegasus."
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Constellation
Pegasus (the winged horse) is a northern constellation. It is one of the 88 modern constellations, and was also one of the 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy. Its three brightest stars together with Alpha Andromedaee form the large asterism known as the Square of Pegasus. A star in this constellation, 51 Pegasi, is orbited by the first true extrasolar planets (planets orbiting a star other than the Sun) to have been discovered.
Mythology
In Greek Mythology, Pegasus was a winged horse that was the child of Poseidon and the Gorgon Medusa, despite both of them being human in shape. Descriptions vary as to its birth, some say that it sprung from Medusa's neck as Perseus beheaded her, which fits in with his parentage; others say that he was born of the earth as Medusa's blood spilled onto it, in which case Poseidon would not be his father. The word Pegasus is derived from the Greek for the word spring.
Pegasus aided the hero Bellerophon in his fight against both the Chimera and the Amazons. There are varying tales as to how Bellerophon found Pegasus, some say that the hero found him drinking at the Pirenean spring and that Polyidus told Bellerophon how to find and tame him, others that either Athene or Poseidon brought him to Bellerophon.
Prior to aiding Bellerophon, Pegasus brought thunderbolts to Zeus, and following Bellerophon's death he returned to Mount Olympus to aid the gods. Two springs were supposedly created when Pegasus's hoof struck the earth; one on Mount Helicon at the behest of Poseidon to prevent the mountain swelling too much and another at Troezen.
Pegasus was eventually turned into a constellation (see above), but a single feather fell to the earth near the city of Tarsus (hence its name).
E-mail client
Pegasus is also an email client for the Microsoft Windows operating system.
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Pegasus (the winged horse) is a northern constellation. It is one of the 88 modern constellations, and was also one of the 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy. Its three brightest stars together with Alpha Andromedaee form the large asterism known as the Square of Pegasus. A star in this constellation, 51 Pegasi, is orbited by the first true extrasolar planets (planets orbiting a star other than the Sun) to have been discovered.Neighbouring constellations: Vulpecula - Delphinus - Equuleus - Aquarius - Pisces - Andromeda - Lacerta - Cygnus
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Pegasus was the codename given to a bridge over the river Orne, near the town of Caen. The bridge was a major objective of the British 6th Airborne Division, which was landed by glider near it during the Normandy Invasion on the 5th/6th June 1944. It was given the permanent name of Pegasus Bridge in honour of the operation.The initial assault was carried out by 160 soliders in three Horsa gliders, led by Major Howard. They landed within a fifty metres of Pegasus at ten minutes past midnight on June 6th. The bridge was captured from the few troops guarding it in ten minutes, and it became the first objective seized on D-Day. Further elements of the 6th Airborne landed by glider and parachute throughout the day to reinforce the defenders, and the bridge was successfully held until relieved by British ground units. The first relief was from 6 Commando, led by Lord Lovat, who arrived to the sound of the Scottish bagpipes, played by Bill Millin. Later in the day units of the British 3rd Division arrived, and the bridges were secure.
A museum and memorial can now be found next to the site of the battle, on Major Howard road. It contains the original bridge, which was replaced by a more modern one, and also the bagpipes of Bill Millin.
External links
- Pegasus Bridge Museum
- BBC 'The People's War'
- The bridge in 1944
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A Pegasus Crossing is a type of pedestrian crossing in the United Kingdom which has a special consideration for horse riders. They are named after the mythical winged horse, the Pegasus.Normally, they are in the form of a pelican crossing but simply have a control panel slightly higher up so that people riding horses can reach the button easily, and the "Green Man" and "Red Man" pictograms are replaced with horses. Additional features include wooden safety fence, and a wider crossing so that the horses are further away from cars than normal.
External links
- British Horse Society website - for more info
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| 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 |
PEGASUS | English | Pan European Ground/Air Single Unified ATM System | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: PegasusSynonym: flying horse (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Carrier | Pegasus, Bucephalus, Rocinante. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Pegasus |
| English words defined with "Pegasus": andromeda ♦ Bellerophon ♦ Caballine spring, Cygnus ♦ Delphinus ♦ Hippocrene ♦ Pegasean, Pegasoid ♦ Sea dragon. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Pegasus": Autocode ♦ Pacolet, Peg, Pegs, Pegs ♦ Standards. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Pegasus" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (Pegasus), German (Pegasus), Latin (Pegasus), Turkish (the winged horse). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Pegasus (1983) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Pegasus profiler deployed from stern of NOAA Ship RESEARCHER Note ship's propellers. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Stargazer with a Pegasus space launch vehicle. |
 | [Death, riding Pegasus, is leading troops into battle] / Gamelin inv. et inc. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ||
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| "Pegasus Bridge, Normandy" by Liam Heffernan Commentary: "Pegasus Bridge, Normandy." | "Boeing737" by Richard Varga Commentary: "Boeing 737 in the pegasus livery at Ferihegy airport." |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Denmark | Kirsten Thorup's Baby, winner of the 1980 Pegasus Prize, is printed in English by the University of Louisiana Press. (references) |
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| "Pegasus" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 92.72% of the time. "Pegasus" is used about 151 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) | 92.72% | 140 | 26,789 |
| Noun (singular) | 4.64% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Noun (plural) | 1.99% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (common) | 0.66% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 151 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Germany | Pegasus Beteiligungen AG | Hong Kong | Pegasus International Holdings Limited |
| United Kingdom | Pegasus Group plc | USA | Pegasus Communications Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Pegasus": Pegasus-flotec. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 |
pegasus | 4,119 | nike air pegasus | 28 |
pegasus satellite | 288 | pegasus racing | 26 |
pegasus mail | 235 | pegasus deck | 26 |
pegasus satellite tv | 185 | pegasus bridge | 23 |
pegasus picture | 145 | deck pegasus starter | 23 |
pegasus tv | 97 | landing pegasus | 21 |
faucet pegasus | 97 | pegasus pic | 20 |
unicorn and pegasus | 83 | airline pegasus | 18 |
pegasus email | 63 | pegasus software | 17 |
pegasus satellite television | 55 | maximillion pegasus | 17 |
pegasus solution | 50 | pegasus credit union | 16 |
pegasus direct tv | 48 | black pegasus | 15 |
the mystical pegasus | 44 | pegasus restaurant | 15 |
pegasus cup | 42 | pegasus horse | 15 |
pegasus fantasy | 34 | greek mythology pegasus | 15 |
constellation pegasus | 32 | inc pegasus satellite television | 15 |
pegasus hobby | 31 | pegasus satellite tv inc | 14 |
pegasus communication | 31 | pegasus mythology | 14 |
pegasus tattoo | 30 | international pegasus | 13 |
nike pegasus | 30 | pegasus directv | 13 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "Pegasus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | Pegasi. (various references) | |
Arabic | بيغاسوس سمك مجنح خيالي. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Поетическо Вдъхновение, Пегас. (various references) | |
Czech | Pegas. (various references) | |
Dutch | Pegasus. (various references) | |
Esperanto | Pegaso. (various references) | |
Finnish | runoratsu (winged horse). (various references) | |
French | Pégase. (various references) | |
German | Pegasus. (various references) | |
Greek | Πήγασοσ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | Pegazus. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ペーパー電池 (double glazing, dragon boat, pain clinic, paint, pair, pair occupation, pair skating, pairing, pair-oar, pair-wise, paper cell, parent, pavement, pavement artist, pay, pay bridge, payday, payload specialist, payment, pear, per, races with such boats, unmarried couple living together), ペガスス座 (black plague, Pekingology, pessimism, pessimist, pessimistic), 天馬 (flying horse). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ペガススざ, ペガサス , てんば (flying horse). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | egasuspay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | pégaso. (various references) | |
Russian | Пегас, пегас. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pegaz. (various references) | |
Spanish | Pegaso. (various references) | |
Swedish | Pegasos, Pegas. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thi mã thi hứng, ngựa pêgat. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Pegasus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Pegasus" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Pangasius, Pedasus, Pegassus, pegazus, Pygurus. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "Pegasus" (pronounced 'Peg"a*sus'): Balanoglossus, Byssus, Casus, Census, Chrysoprasus, Colossus, Consensus, Croesus, Jesus, metatarsus, Molossus, Narcissus, Parnassus, Petasus, Prolapsus, rhesus, tarsus, Ursus, Versus. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-p-s-s-u" | |
-1 letter: pauses, upases, usages. | |
-2 letters: agues, apses, gapes, gases, gasps, gauss, guess, pages, pases, passe, pause, peags, puses, sages, spaes, spues, supes, usage. | |
-3 letters: ages, ague, apes, apse, asps, gaes, gape, gaps, gasp, page, pase, pass, peag, peas, pegs, pugs, puss, sage, sags, saps, seas, segs, spae, spas, spue, sues, supe, sups, upas, uses. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-p-s-s-u" | |
+1 letter: plussage, upstages. | |
+2 letters: esophagus, grampuses, plussages, spearguns, stumpages. | |
+3 letters: oesophagus, pasturages, surplusage. | |
+4 letters: aspergillus, esophaguses, superagents, supercargos, supergiants, superorgasm, surplusages. | |
+5 letters: agapanthuses, aspergillums, pasteurising, steatopygous, supercargoes, supercharges, superorgasms. | |
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