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Look up: SPICA

  1. Spica
    [n] - the brightest star in Virgo
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Spica
    Spi'ca noun ; plural Spicæ . [ Latin , an ear, as of corn.] 1. (Medicine) A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; -- so called from its resemblance to a spike of a barley. 2. (Astron.) A star of the first magnitude situated in the constellation Virgo.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/163

  3. spica
    Origin: L, an ear, as of corn. ... 1. <medicine> A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; so called from its resemblance to a spike of a barley. ... 2. <astronomy> A star of the first magnitude situated in the constellation Virgo. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  4. Spica
    noun the brightest star in Virgo
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  5. Spica
    `Spica` is the brightest star in the constellation Virgo, and the 15th brightest star in the nighttime sky. It is 260 light years distant from Earth. A blue giant, it is a a variable of the Beta Cephei type.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spica

  6. SPICA
    `SPICA S.p.A.` was an Italian manufacturer of fuel injection systems. The company was founded by Francesco Cassani in 1932. SPICA fuel injection systems were used in diesel and petrol engines. In 1941 Alfa Romeo took control of the company. Later the company produced also spark plugs, shock absorbers, oil pumps and other automobile parts. In 1987 the company came part of Fiat Group and in 1995 the company was sold to Delphi and TRW. The compan...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPICA

  7. spica
    (spi´kә) a figure-of-8 bandage, with turns crossing each other.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  8. Spica
    • (n.) A star of the first magnitude situated in the constellation Virgo. • (n.) A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; -- so called from its resemblance to a spike of a barley.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. Spica
    brightest star in the zodiacal constellation Virgo and one of the 15 brightest in the entire sky, having an apparent visual magnitude of 0.98. It is ... [2 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/140

  10. Spica
    Spica is a Lat In girl name. The meaning of the name is `name of a star ` The name Spica doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Spica seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Spi

  11. spica
    spica 1. A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; so called from its resemblance to a spike on a grain of barley. 2. A star of the first magnitude situated in the constellation Virgo.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  12. Spica
    (Alpha Virginis) Spica. Credit: Albert Manzanares The brightest star in the constellation Virgo. Prominent in the southeast in northern spring evenings, it can easily be found by following the curve of the Big Dipper’s handle through Arcturus and then down. Spica lies ab...
    Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedi

  13. Spica
    Spica (spī'ku) , brightest star in the constellation Virgo; Bayer designation Alpha Virginis; 1992 position R.A. 13h24.8m, Dec. -11°07'. A bluish-white star of spectral class B1 V, its apparent magnitude averages about 0.96, making it one of the 20 brightest stars in the sky. Becau...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08462


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23 November 2009

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