(n.) The tenth sign of zodiac, into which the sun enters at the winter solstice, about December 21. See Tropic.
(n.) A southern constellation, represented on ancient monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure with its fore part like a fish.
Example Sentences:
(1) Northern Australia plan aims to make region an 'economic powerhouse' Read more The forum followed the release earlier this year of the federal government’s white paper on developing northern Australia – the region above of the Tropic of Capricorn – and making it an “economic powerhouse.” The federal trade minister, Andrew Robb , said Australia had to focus on capitalising on change, and “the centre of gravity for global growth has moved ... to Asia” with a growing middle class.
(2) The sera collected from pelagic birds nesting on islands in the Capricorn-Bunker group in 1970 were devoid of any antibodies to the shearwater virus, while a high proportion of the sera collected from birds on the same islands in 1972 (one year after the isolation of the shearwater virus) had antibodies to the haemagglutinin and neuraminidase of the shearwater virus, some to a high titre.
(3) Thus the thermoregulatory responses observed in Japanese Brazilians may be largely attributed to the climate in their native places located on the Tropic of Capricorn.
(4) It forms part of the federal government’s development push for the region north of the tropic of Capricorn, which covers 40% of Australia’s land mass but is home to just 5% of the population.
(5) I grew up when there were movies like Capricorn One , where the guy gets out of this conspiracy and gets to the press and then it’s all OK.
(6) The committee will consider policies for developing parts of Australia that lie north of the Tropic of Capricorn spanning Western Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory.
(7) Capricorn Ventures, which owns Nando's in the UK, is promising to expand even further, declaring that Britain can support up to 400 branches.
(8) Aqueous extracts of 75 specimens of the xanthid crab, Eriphia sebana, collected from coral reefs in the Capricorn Group, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, were assayed for toxicity to mice.
(9) Speaking of flight, in line with official Ukip policy, anti-aircraft guns are already in operation outside Gatwick and Heathrow, blasting all incoming planes out of the sky in case they contain Bulgarian immigrants, Romanian immigrants, asylum seekers, halal butchers, gay spouses, Capricorns, or people on an unfamiliar mobile phone tariff we don't like the sound of.
(10) All countries located between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn reported cases of yaws.
Zodiac
Definition:
(n.) An imaginary belt in the heavens, 16¡ or 18¡ broad, in the middle of which is the ecliptic, or sun's path. It comprises the twelve constellations, which one constituted, and from which were named, the twelve signs of the zodiac.
(n.) A figure representing the signs, symbols, and constellations of the zodiac.
(n.) A girdle; a belt.
Example Sentences:
(1) The claim made by astrologers that people can be characterized according to their sign of the zodiac (sagitarius, taurus, cancer, scorpion) must be refuted.
(2) The inner solar system is filled with dust between the planets, called the zodiacal cloud, which starts out at the asteroid belt and slowly drifts towards the sun.
(3) The images’ meanings are not always clear and Boyko is in little rush to explain, but the names of his parents – Alexander and Irina – can be made out along with the Aquarius zodiac sign and, for whatever reason, Dracula.
(4) The Chinese characters which mean "one mind," eagles, dragons, some of 12 zodiacal animals, flowers, and flowers and butterflies or birds were also frequent.
(5) She does not make things easy for herself: she has organised her 800-page epic according to astrological principles, so that characters are not only associated with signs of the zodiac, or the sun and moon (the "luminaries" of the title), but interact with each other according to the predetermined movement of the heavens, while each of the novel's 12 parts decreases in length over the course of the book to mimic the moon waning through its lunar cycle.
(6) The golden heads of zodiac animals, a reference to a famous set that decorated a fountain in an imperial palace outside Beijing until they were looted by Anglo-French troops during the opium wars, will stand keeping watch in the enormous dining room, which is still used by the family on grand occasions.
(7) The Temple offers a kaleidoscope of incense-scented mayhem, where golden centaurs and exotic urns sprawl alongside zodiac drapes and musky shrines to the Virgin Mary, Lakshmi and other female icons.
(8) This brief note deals with the development of alternative perspectives on the provocative, and as yet unexplained result of an earlier study in which groups of people born under different astrological zodiac signs were found to differ markedly in their scores on the California Psychological Inventory (CPI) scale described as a measure of "Femininity."
(9) Photograph: Sony Pictures Classics Truth review: Blue Jasmine in the 60 Minutes newsroom, with a twist Read more Zodiac screenwriter James Vanderbilt’s directorial debut about the Rathergate scandal that ended the careers of veteran CBS newsman Dan Rather (played by Robert Redford) and 60 Minutes producer Mary Mapes (Cate Blanchett) has been eclipsed by Spotlight , this year’s other journalistic thriller.
(10) Ai Weiwei's snake from his circle of animals zodiac heads.
(11) At 35 minutes, watching it was bizarre and exhausting, but its real tone leaps off the printed page in CSPAN’s all-caps transcript : it reads like a Zodiac letter .
(12) Some were related to drug abuse, criminality of gangs, or contained magic symbolism or personal data such as zodiac signs and initials (about 4% each).
(13) It is more likely to be due to observance of Hinoe-Uma (Elder Fire-Horse), which comes round every sixty years by zodiac almanac.
(14) The 40-foot Zodiac called the BS SHEEN that I donated to Mr [Sea Shepherd leader Paul] Watson’s tireless and heroic efforts, has been shamefully seized.
(15) Zodiac is a serial-killer movie where – spoiler alert, kids – they never find the culprit.
(16) The statistical analysis did not reveal any correlation between signs of the zodiac and personality.
(17) Across the world, other would-be saviours are taking advantage of the Chinese zodiac to press home the need for changes in consumption and development patterns.
(18) Though Fincher recoils at the thought of lumping Zuckerberg in with the loner sociopaths that populate much of his previous work – Seven , Fight Club , Panic Room , Zodiac – he steered Jesse Eisenberg , playing the lead, towards maximum opacity by making references to Robert De Niro's character in Taxi Driver.
(19) We investigated whether personality traits measured by means of the differentiated "Freiburger personality inventory" (FPI) could in any way be correlated to the signs of the zodiac under which the young men were born.
(20) There are 23 pairs of chromosomes in the human body; zodiac signs usually change on the 23rd of the month; that crazy bomber dude in the film Airport even sat in seat 23.