Cheops
/ˈkiɑːps/ name
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Egyptian Pharaoh of the 27th century BC who commissioned the Great Pyramid at Giza wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 Khufu, a pharaoh of Egypt, who ruled in the first half of the Old Kingdom period (26th century BC) and is renowned as the builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of CHEOPS. alt-of
"The dedicated time Cheops spent observing the star helped astronomers iron out the mixed signals from the TESS data to determine how many planets were crossing in front of the star and the resonance of their orbits."
- 3 Initialism of CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite, a planned European space telescope for the study of the formation of extrasolar planets. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Example
More examples"The dedicated time Cheops spent observing the star helped astronomers iron out the mixed signals from the TESS data to determine how many planets were crossing in front of the star and the resonance of their orbits."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Cheops, from Ancient Greek Χέοψ (Khéops), from Egyptian ḫw.f-wj.