Apollo asteroid
one of a number of asteroids whose orbits cross that of the earth.
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a roman marble statue, possibly a copy of a greek original of the 4th–1st centuries b.c. historical examples all had greek profiles: in truth, they were but various views of the apollo belvedere. mentone, cairo, and corfu constance fenimore woolson again, the face of the apollo belvedere is agitated by anxiety, p-ssion, and pride. ariadne […]
- Apollo computer
apollo computer company a company making workstations often used for cad. from 1980 to 1987, apollo were the largest manufacturer of network workstations. apollo workstations ran aegis, a proprietary operating system with a posix-compliant unix alternative frontend. apollo’s networking was particularly elegant, among the first to allow demand paging over the network, and allowing a […]
- Apollo program
apollo program a series of sp-ce flights undertaken by the united states with a goal of landing a man on the moon. each apollo flight carried a crew of three astronauts. the first lunar landing by humans was achieved by apollo 11 on july 20, 1969. five other successful lunar landings followed. the apollo program […]
- Apollonian
pertaining to the cult of apollo. (lowercase) serene, calm, or well-balanced; poised and disciplined. (lowercase) having the properties of or preferring cl-ssic beauty. compare (def 2). historical examples arn-bius and the fathers of the fourth century generally believed in the apollonian thaumaturgy and attributed it to magic. demonology and devil-lore moncure daniel conway mayburn, folding […]
- Apollonius dyscolus
died a.d. c140, greek grammarian.