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Algol   /ˈælgɑl/   Listen
Algol

noun
1.
The second brightest star in Perseus; the first known eclipsing binary.
2.
(from a combination of ALGOrithmic and Language); a programming language used to express computer programs as algorithms.





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"Algol" Quotes from Famous Books



... which are found to exhibit periodical fluctuations of brightness; of which Algol and ...
— The Sailor's Word-Book • William Henry Smyth
... new double-star in the living firmament. The constellations seemed to kindle with new splendors as the student and the story-teller walked homeward in their light; Alioth and Algol looked down on them as on the first pair of lovers they shone over, and the autumn air seemed full of harmonies as when the morning ...
— The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (The Physician and Poet not the Jurist)


Words linked to "Algol" :   binary star, Perseus, binary, algebraic language, double star


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