(n.) The god of the sun; in the later mythology identified with Apollo, and distinguished for his beauty.
Example Sentences:
(1) David Birch, director of digital currency consultants Hyperion, argued that the fatalistic view of Scotland's previous experiment with multiple currencies was wrong, and that they more successful than history gives credit.
(2) Four new methane-oxidizing bacteria have been isolated from marine samples taken at the Hyperion sewage outfall, near Los Angeles, CA.
(3) The exact location of Hyperion is a closely guarded secret, but standing at the base of any one of these giants is a truly humbling experience.
(4) Smartphones are the final nail in the coffin for cash,” says Dave Birch, director of innovation at Consult Hyperion, which helped TfL launch contactless payments.
(5) And a simple basic income payment will be more efficient, as well as fairer.... 12.27pm BST If the law authorities had "any balls at all" they wouldn't allow the European Central Bank to print €500 notes, says David Birch of Consult Hyperion, at Camp Alphaville.
(6) • Lost Coast links hiking trails , bear safety and canister regulations , history of the Punta Gorda lighthouse Redwood national and state parks Photograph: Alamy If you've been to Sequoia, you've already seen the largest trees in the world, but the Redwood national and state parks in northern California boast the tallest trees, including 115.7m Hyperion, the world's tallest living tree.
(7) Activated sludges obtained from the Rilling Road plant located at San Antonio, Tex., and from the Hyperion treatment plant located at Los Angeles, Calif., have the ability to remove all of the orthophosphate normally present in Tucson sewage within 3 hr after being added to the waste water.
(8) We plan to end the night at the Hyperion Tavern ( hyperiontavern.com ), a tiny dive bar with vintage chandeliers and stacks of books up the walls.
(9) Record companies have had it tough in the classical sector, trying to find a way to go online but stay in profit (although smaller independents like Chandos and Hyperion have pulled it off); there are major questions about how music education will survive grim budget cuts and a possible Conservative government; and every orchestra, opera house and promoter will have to fight for funding from the public and private sector as never before.
Uranus
Definition:
(n.) The son or husband of Gaia (Earth), and father of Chronos (Time) and the Titans.
(n.) One of the primary planets. It is about 1,800,000,000 miles from the sun, about 36,000 miles in diameter, and its period of revolution round the sun is nearly 84 of our years.
Example Sentences:
(1) They have sent back images of Saturn's rings, Jupiter's red spot and sulphur volcanoes on its moons Europa and Io, and of "winter" on Uranus.
(2) By 1864 Ulrichs had transposed the new knowledge from embryology to sexology to explain those to whom he gave the name Urnings (after Uranus who gave womanless birth to Venus from sea spume) as having "a woman's mind trapped in a man's body" (anima muliebris corpore virili inclusa).
(3) Radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTG) transform the heat produced during the alpha decay of 238Pu into electrical energy for use by deep-space probes, such as the Voyager spacecraft, which have returned images and other data from Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus.