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Definition: Serpens |
SerpensNoun1. A constellation in the equatorial region of the northern hemisphere near Ophiuchus and Corona Borealis. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Serpens" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1601. (references) |
Etymology: Serpens \Ser"pens\, noun. [Latin expression See Serpent.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Aerospace | See constellation.Cap. and Caud.) (Abbreviation. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
| Serpens | ||
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| Serpens Caput | Serpens Cauda | |
| Abbreviation | Ser | |
| Ser1 | Ser2 | |
| Genitive | Serpentis | |
| Meaning in English | the Snake | |
| the Snake's Head | the Snake's Tail | |
| Right ascension | 15.5 h | 18.3 h |
| Declination | 10° | -5° |
| Visible to latitude | Between 80° and -80° | |
| On meridian | 9 p.m., June 30 | 9 p.m., August 5 |
| Area - Total | Ranked 23rd 637 sq. deg. | |
| 429 sq.deg. | 208 sq.deg. | |
| Number of stars with apparent magnitude < 3 | 1 | |
| Brightest star - Apparent magnitude | Unukalhai (α Ser) 2.7 | |
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Serpens (the snake) is one of the 88 modern constellations, and was also one of the 48 listed by Ptolemy. Among the modern constellations it is unique in being split into two pieces, Serpens Caput (representing the head of the snake) to the west and Serpens Cauda (representing the tail) to the east. Between these two pieces lies the constellation of Ophiuchus, the serpent bearer.
Since Serpens is regarded as being one constellation despite being split into two halves, the ordering of Bayer designations goes in order of brightness among both constellations.
Only one of the stars in Serpens is brighter than third magnitude, so the constellation is not easy to perceive. α Serpentis, named Unukalhai, is in Caput. δ Serpentis, also in Caput, is a double star only 27 light-years from Earth. θ Serpentis, in Cauda, is also double.
Stars in Caput include α, β, γ, δ, ε, ι, κ, λ, μ, π, ρ, σ, τ, χ and ω Serpentis. Stars in Cauda include ζ, η, θ, ν, ξ, and ο Serpentis.Notable features
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Crosswords: Serpens |
| English words defined with "Serpens": Gempylus serpens. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Serpens": Ser, Serp. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Serpens": Serpentiform, Serpentigenous. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Serpens" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Latin (crawl, creep on, dragon, glide, move slowly on, serpent, snake). |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Taurus Poniatowski, Serpentarius, Scutum Sobiesky, and Serpens / Sidy. Hall, sculpt.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Serpens" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Serpens" is used about 4 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% | 4 | 175,879 |
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Expression using "Serpens": Gempylus serpens. Additional references. | |
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| 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 |
serpens | 8 |
serpens spirillum | 3 |
mercier serpens | 2 |
serpens uss | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "Serpens"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Spanish | Serpentario (serpentarium). (various references) | |
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| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 3, Verse 4 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai eipen o ofiV th gunaiki ou qanatw apoqaneisqe |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Dixit autem serpens ad mulierem nequaquam morte moriemini |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ða cwæð seo nædre eft to ðam wife, "Ne beo ge nateshwon deade, ðeah ðe ge of ðam treowe eton. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Forsothe the eddre seide to the woman, Thury deth ye shal not die; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Then sayd the serpent vnto the woman: tush ye shall not dye: |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And the serpent said to the woman, Ye shall not surely die: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And the snake said, Death will not certainly come to you: |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 3, Verse 4 |
| Bulgarian | А змията рече на жената: Никак няма да умрете; |
| Cebuano | Ug ang bitin miingon sa babaye: Dili gayud kamo mamatay. |
| Croatian | Nato æe zmija ženi: "Ne, neæete umrijeti! |
| Danish | Da sagde Slangen til Kvinden: "I skal ingenlunde dø; |
| Dutch | Toen zeide de slang tot de vrouw: Gijlieden zult den dood niet sterven; |
| Finnish | Niin käärme sanoi vaimolle: "Ette suinkaan kuole; |
| French | Alors le serpent dit à la femme: Vous ne mourrez point; |
| German | Da sprach die Schlange zum Weibe: Ihr werdet mitnichten des Todes sterben; |
| Haitian Creole | Lè sa a, sèpan an di fanm lan. Se pa vre. Nou p'ap mouri kras. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Ular itu menjawab, "Itu tidak benar; kalian tidak akan mati. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Lalu kata ular kepada perempuan itu: Niscaya tiada kamu akan mati, |
| Italian | Ma il serpente disse alla donna: «Non morirete affatto! |
| Maori | Na ko te meatanga a te nakahi ki te wahine, E kore korua e mate rawa: |
| Norwegian | Da sa slangen til kvinnen: I skal visselig ikke dø; |
| Portuguese | Disse a serpente à mulher: Certamente não morrereis. |
| Rumanian | Atunci warpele a zis femeii: ,,Hotqrkt, cq nu veyi muri: |
| Spanish | Entonces la serpiente dijo a la mujer: --Ciertamente no moriréis. |
| Swedish | Då sade ormen till kvinnan: "Ingalunda skolen I dö; |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-n-p-r-s-s" | |
-1 letter: perses, preens, sneers, speers, spense, sprees. | |
-2 letters: ernes, erses, neeps, peens, peers, penes, perse, preen, prees, prese, press, seeps, seers, sense, seres, sneer, speer, spree. | |
-3 letters: erne, erns, eses, neep, ness, peen, peer, pees, pens, pree, rees, reps, seen, seep, seer, sees, sene, sere, sers. | |
-4 letters: ens, ere, ern, ers, ess, nee, pee, pen. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-n-p-r-s-s" | |
+1 letter: erepsins, pensters, pertness, presents, pressmen, pureness, response, ripeness, serpents, spencers, spenders. | |
+2 letters: dispenser, enspheres, inspheres, isoprenes, nephroses, passenger, passerine, perkiness, phrensies, pilseners, prerinses, preseason, presences, pretenses, primeness, princesse, proneness, responses, spareness, speerings, spermines, suspender, suspenser, unpressed, unspheres, winepress. | |
+3 letters: copresents, creepiness, dapperness, depressant, depressing, depression, dispensers, endosperms, endospores, esperances, expertness, expressing, expression, expressman, expressmen, impureness, interposes, necropsies, newspapers, newsperson, noospheres, overspends, pancreases, paperiness, parentless, passengers, passerines, pennycress, pensioners, persistent, personages, personates, personnels, pertnesses, pinsetters, pistareens, poornesses, precensors, precessing, precession, preppiness, prescreens, preseasons, presentees, presenters, presentism, presentist, presidents, prettiness, primnesses, princesses, properness, purenesses, raptnesses, reinspects, reinspires, represents, repressing, repression, reserpines, responders, responsive, ripenesses, ropinesses, serpigines, sharpeners, sparseness, sparteines, spelunkers, spinnerets, spinneries, spruceness, sprynesses, superbness, supergenes, supervenes, suspenders, suspensers, unripeness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 65 72 70 65 6E 73 |
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