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Libra


Definition:

  • (n.) The Balance; the seventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the autumnal equinox in September, marked thus / in almanacs, etc.
  • (n.) A southern constellation between Virgo and Scorpio.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A simple test of the positive connection between renal disease and the sign of Libra was undertaken by studying the birth dates of consecutive nephrology in-patient admissions.
  • (2) The first, Gliese 581d, is among several that circle one of Earth's nearest stars, a cool red dwarf around 20 light years away in the constellation Libra.
  • (3) Luscious Libras Luscious Libras Photograph: Alicia Canter "This is our walkabout performance – we're a Mexican-wrestling thumb-war team.
  • (4) Catton, a Libra, admitted she had not checked her horoscope but there was a significant astrological aspect to her winning, as the last New Zealander to win was 28 years ago, an important astrological number – "it is the time that Saturn takes to orbit around the Earth."
  • (5) He is turning 60 in October (taking advantage of this milestone to release a 25-year retrospective box-set of CDs and DVDs) and so, to break the ice, I ask him if this makes him a Libra, believing that my feigned interest in astrology will doubtless appeal to his "spiritual" side.
  • (6) In Brazil, BG’s assets would give Shell a further foothold in one of the lowest cost basins in the world, and could add potential synergies with Shell’s Libra assets.

Librae


Definition:

  • (pl. ) of Libra

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A simple test of the positive connection between renal disease and the sign of Libra was undertaken by studying the birth dates of consecutive nephrology in-patient admissions.
  • (2) The first, Gliese 581d, is among several that circle one of Earth's nearest stars, a cool red dwarf around 20 light years away in the constellation Libra.
  • (3) Luscious Libras Luscious Libras Photograph: Alicia Canter "This is our walkabout performance – we're a Mexican-wrestling thumb-war team.
  • (4) Catton, a Libra, admitted she had not checked her horoscope but there was a significant astrological aspect to her winning, as the last New Zealander to win was 28 years ago, an important astrological number – "it is the time that Saturn takes to orbit around the Earth."
  • (5) He is turning 60 in October (taking advantage of this milestone to release a 25-year retrospective box-set of CDs and DVDs) and so, to break the ice, I ask him if this makes him a Libra, believing that my feigned interest in astrology will doubtless appeal to his "spiritual" side.
  • (6) In Brazil, BG’s assets would give Shell a further foothold in one of the lowest cost basins in the world, and could add potential synergies with Shell’s Libra assets.

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