Look up: sceptre

1. Sceptre
   • (n.) A staff or baton borne by a sovereign, as a ceremonial badge or emblem of authority; a royal mace. • (v. t.) To endow with the scepter, or emblem of authority; to invest with royal authority. • (n.) Hence, royal or imperial power or authority; sovereignty; as, to assume the scepter.
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2. sceptre
   ornamented rod or staff borne by rulers on ceremonial occasions as an emblem of authority and sovereignty. The primeval symbol of the staff was ... [1 related articles]
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3. Sceptre
   HMS Sceptre was a British Sealion Class submarine of 715 tons displacement launched during the early 1940's. HMS Sceptre was armed with one 3-inch gun; one 20 mm anti-aircraft gun; three machine-guns; six 21-inch torpedo tubes in the bow and one external 21 inch torpedo tube. She had a top speed of ...
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4. SCEPTRE
   Designing and analysing circuits. ['SCEPTRE: A Computer Program for Circuit and Systems Analysis', J.C. Bowers et al, P-H 1971].
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5. sceptre
   
   • the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter
   • a ceremonial or emblematic staff
   
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6. Sceptre
   (from Greek skeptron) - a part of royal insignia, developed from a simple staff. A symbol of spiritual and worldly power. In the Middle Ages two forms were distinguished: a long staff (baculum), otherwise called rod, and a short one (sceptrum), although their meaning was identical. The long staff, t...
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7. Sceptre
   (horse) `Sceptre` (1899-1926) was a British-bred and British-trained Thoroughbred racemare whose career ran from 1901 to 1904. In 1902 she became the only racehorse to win four British Classic Races outright. Breeding: Sceptre was bred by Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster at his Eaton S...
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8. Sceptre
   (fusion reactor) `Sceptre` was an early fusion power device based the Z-pinch concept of plasma confinement, built in the UK starting in 1957. They were the ultimate versions of a series of devices tracing their history to the original pinch machines, built at Imperial College London by Cousi...
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