[syn: Sterope, Asterope]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Asterope \As*ter"o*pe\, n. [Gr. ?, lit., lightning.]
1. (Myth.) One of the Pleiades; -- called also Sterope.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. (Astron.) A double star in the Pleiades (21 k and 22 l
Pleiadum, of the 5.8 and 6.4 magnitude respectively),
appearing as a single star of the 5.3 magnitude to the
naked eye.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Asterope
n 1: (Greek mythology) one of the 7 Pleiades [syn: Sterope,
Asterope]
2: one of the stars in the star cluster Pleiades [syn:
Sterope, Asterope]