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  1. Castor
    [rocket stage] The Castor family of solid-fuel rocket stages and boosters were built by Thiokol (now ATK) and used on a variety of launch vehicles. They were initially developed as the second stage motor of the Scout rocket. The design was based the MGM-29 Sergeant, a surface-to-surface miss...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_(rocket_stage)

  2. Castor
    [mountain] Castor (Castore) is a mountain in the Pennine Alps on the border between Valais, Switzerland and the Aosta Valley in Italy. It is the higher of a pair of twin peaks (Zwillinge), the other being Pollux, named after the Gemini twins of Roman mythology. Castor`s peak is at an elevati...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_(mountain)

  3. Castor
    [band] Castor was an American indie rock/emo band from Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. Formed in 1994, they were known for their "fluid" sound, often changing time signatures several times in a song while maintaining the flow of the music. They released two albums, the first self titled in 1995,...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_(band)

  4. Castor
    The Castor was a French minelayer of 3150 tons displacement originally built by Swan Hunter as an ice breaker for the Russian navy and launched in 1916 as the Kozma Minin. The Castor was powered by coal fired boilers providing a top speed of 14.5 knots and carried a complement of 167. She was armed ...
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/RC.HTM

  5. Castor
    Castor (shortened from castor oil) is London Cockney rhyming slang for royal.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/ZC.HTM

  6. Castor
    Castor (shortened from castor oil) is London Cockney rhyming slang for royal.
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  7. CASTOR
    [nuclear waste] CASTOR (cask for storage and transport of radioactive material) is a trademarked brand of dry casks used to store spent nuclear fuel (a type of nuclear waste). CASTORs are manufactured by GNS, a German provider of nuclear services. ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CASTOR_(nuclear_waste)

  8. Castor
    [software] Castor is an open source data binding framework for moving data from XML to Java programming language objects and from Java to databases. == See also == ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_(software)

  9. Castor
    [n] - a multiple star with 6 components 2. [n] - type genus of the Castoridae: beavers
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=Castor

  10. Castor
    Thermal imaging camera [FR], The operations at Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam [FR], Corps Airborne Stand-Off Radar. Later renamed ASTOR [UK]
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  11. Castor
    Cas'tor noun [ Latin castor the beaver, Greek ...; of uncertain origin.] 1. (Zoology) A genus of rodents, including the beaver. See Beaver . 2. Castoreum. See Castoreum . 3. A hat, esp. one made of ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/33

  12. Castor
    Cast'or noun See Caster , a small wheel.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/33



  1. Castor
    Cas'tor noun [ Latin ] (Astron.) the northernmost of the two bright stars in the constellation Gemini, the other being Pollux.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/33

  2. Castor
    genus Castor noun type genus of the Castoridae: beavers
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Castor

  3. Castor
    Alpha Geminorum noun a multiple star with 6 components; second brightest in Gemini; close to Pollux
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Castor

  4. Castor
    • (n.) Castoreum. See Castoreum. • (n.) the northernmost of the two bright stars in the constellation Gemini, the other being Pollux. • (n.) Alt. of Castorite • (n.) A genus of rodents, including the beaver. See Beaver. • (n.) A hat, esp. one made of beaver fur; a beaver. &b...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/castor/

  5. Castor
    multiple star having at least six component stars, in the zodiacal constellation Gemini. The stars Castor and Pollux are named for the twins of Greek ... [2 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/34

  6. Castor
    [star] Castor (α Gem, α Geminorum, Alpha Geminorum) is the second brightest star in the constellation Gemini and one of the brightest stars in the night sky. Although it has the Bayer designation "alpha", it is actually fainter than Beta Geminorum (Pollux). Castor is 49.8 light years away ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_(star)

  7. Castor
    Castor derives from the Κάστωρ (Kastōr), meaning "beaver", or "he who excels". It originally referred to Castor, one of the Dioscuri/Gemini twins of Graeco-Roman mythology. Castor or CASTOR may also refer to: ==Science and technology== ===Biology=== ===Transport=== ==People== ===First name==...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor

  8. Castor
    (Alpha Geminorum) The second brightest star in the constellation Gemini and, in mythology, the twin of Pollux. Though appearing as a single white star to the naked eye, Castor is really a remarkable multiple system, consisting of three stellar pairs. A modest telescope sh...
    Found op http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/C/Castor.html

  9. Castor
    Castor (kăs'tur) , bright star in the constellation Gemini; Bayer designation α Geminorum; 1992 position R.A. 7h34.1m, Dec. +31°54'. Slightly dimmer than Pollux, with which it forms the Twins, Castor has an apparent magnitude of 1.58, which still makes it one of the 25 bright...
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0810786.html

  10. castor
    castor: see beaver.
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0911512.html

  11. Castor
    Castor is a star (Alpha Geminorum) of magnitude 1.6, the fainter star of the zodiacal constellation Gemini, or the Twins. In 1719 it was discovered to be a visual binary star, with components of magnitudes 2.8 and 2.0 separated by 6 seconds of arc and revolving around each other in about 350 years. ...
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  12. Castor
    Castor was the twin brother of Polydeuces. He was a son of Zeus and Leda. He, like his brother was born from an egg after Zeus visited Leda disguised as a swan.
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  13. Castor
    Castor is a reddish-brown bitter substance obtained from the anal glands of the beaver and used in perfume and medicine.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/GC.HTM

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