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  1. Centaur
    Centaur was an American space rocket first developed in 1958 and the first American space vehicle to utilise liquid hydrogen as a propellant. Centaur was 3414 cm long and 305 cm in diameter. Centaur was first launched in 1962, the vehicle being destroyed 54 seconds after launch after an insulation s...
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  2. Centaur
    [typeface] Centaur is a Humanist Type Family originally drawn as titling capitals by Bruce Rogers in 1914 for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The matrices were cut by Robert Wiebking and the type was privately cast by the American Type Foundery. The typeface is based upon several Renaissance...
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  3. Centaur
    a mythical being with the head, arms and torso of a man and the body and legs of a horse.
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  4. centaur
    [n] - (classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse
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  5. centaur
    In Greek mythology, a creature half human and half horse, wild and lawless. Chiron, the men ...
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  6. Centaur
    Cruiser tank [UK]
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  7. centaur
    ES which assists pulmonary physiologists in diagnostic interpretation of pulmonary function tests.Knowledge is represented as a combination of frames and rules,and certainty measures are used to indicate how closely the actual data match the expected data values of the prototype.CENTAUR has an expla...
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  8. Centaur
    Cen'taur (sĕn'tar) noun [ Latin centaurus , Greek Ke`ntayros .] 1. (Class. Myth.) A fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse. 2. (Astron.) A constellation in the southern heavens between Hydra and the Southern Cross.
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  9. centaur
    noun (classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse
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  10. Centaur
    • (n.) A constellation in the southern heavens between Hydra and the Southern Cross. • (n.) A fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse.
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  11. Centaur
    (from the article `Atlas rocket`) ...Atlas–Agena rocket is used for launching lunar and planetary probes, as well as Earth-orbiting satellites, such as Seasat, where the Agena is also ... Another U.S. upper stage, used with the Atlas and Titan launch vehicles, is Centaur. This was the first U.S. rocket stage to employ cryogenic ......
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  12. Centaur
    (from the article `typography`) ...the Bible ever issued in English; his smaller and less ambitious efforts, often decorated with the typographic ornament at which he was a master, ... ...composition could be used to produce books at once handsome and functional. Among these types were Garamond, based upon a 17th-century French ... [...
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  13. Centaur
    in Greek mythology, a race of creatures, part horse and part man, dwelling in the mountains of Thessaly and Arcadia. Traditionally they were the ... [1 related articles]
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  14. Centaur
    [disambiguation] Centaur refers to a Greek mythological creature, half human, half horse. Centaur may also refer to: == Space == == Computing and technology == == Literature == == Military == == Transportation == == Entertainment == == See also == ...
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  15. Centaur
    [Dungeons & Dragons] In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the centaur is a large monstrous humanoid. Based upon the Centaurs of Greek myth, they resemble humans with the lower body of a horse. ==Publication history== The centaurs of Dungeons & Dragons are based upon the centa...
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  16. Centaur
    [band] Centaur is a band formed in 2000 by Hum founder Matt Talbott, with Jim Kelly of Sixteen Tons on drums and Derek Niedrignhaus of Castor on bass. Their debut album, In Streams was released on Hum`s label, Martian Go Home Records in late 2001. ...
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  17. Centaur
    A centaur was a beast half horse, and with the head, torso and arms of a man.
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  18. Centaur
    [minor planet] Centaurs are an unstable orbital class of minor planets that behave with characteristics of both asteroids and comets. They are named after the mythological race of beings, centaurs, which were a mixture of horse and human. Centaurs have transient orbits that cross or have cro...
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  19. Centaur
    [rocket stage] Centaur, named after the centaurs of Greek mythology, was the brainchild of Karel J. "Charlie" Bossart (the man behind the Atlas ICBM) and Dr. Krafft A. Ehricke, both Convair employees.{Citation needed (lead)|date=February 2011} Their design was essentially a smaller version o...
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  20. Centaur
    In Greek mythology, a centaur (from Κένταυροι – Kéntauroi) or hippocentaur is a member of a composite race of creatures, part human and part horse. In early Attic and Boeotian vase-paintings (see below), they are depicted with the hindquarters of a horse attached to them; in later rende...
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  21. Centaur
    (rocket) A powerful upper-stage rocket that can be mated to an Atlas or Titan launch vehicle. The Centaur was America`s first cryogenic rocket, running on a combination of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, and was developed under the direction of Lewis Research Center. It first...
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  22. centaur
    A minor planet whose orbit around the Sun lies typically between the orbits of Jupiter and Neptune (5 to 30 AU), though it may extend inward almost as far as Mars (as in the case of Damocles, of the Damocloid family) or outward beyond Neptune (as in the case of 1995SN55, which ranges out to about 40...
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  23. centaur
    centaur (sen'tôr) , in Greek mythology, creature, half man and half horse. The centaurs were fathered by Ixion or by Centaurus, who was Ixion's son. Followers of Dionysus, they were uncouth and savage, but some, such as Chiron, became friends and teachers of men. Their half-brothers, the L...
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  24. centaur
    In Greek mythology, a creature half human and half horse, wild and lawless. Chiron, the mentor of the hero Heracles and tutor of the god of medicine Asclepius, was an exception. Their home was said to be on Mount Pelion, Thessaly
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27 May 2012

This day in history: The Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route, on 27 May 1936. The passenger accommodation emphasised the first two classes, cabin and tourist. The propulsion machinery of the ship produced a massive 160,000 SHP and gave it a speed of over 30 knots. Despite expectations that the ship would try to break speed records on its first voyage a thick fog destroyed any hope of this. The Queen Mary spent a short time in drydock during July whilst adjustments were made to the propellers and turbines. When the ship returned to service, in August, it made a record voyage from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose light and took the Blue Riband from the Normandie. read more

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