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Ju·no

   [joo-noh]
noun, plural Ju·nos for 3.
1.
the ancient Roman queen of heaven, a daughter of Saturn and the wife and sister of Jupiter: the protector of women and marriage. Compare Hera.
2.
Astronomy. the fourth largest and one of the four brightest asteroids.
3.
a woman of regal appearance or bearing.
4.
Military. the code name for a beach on France's Normandy coast, attacked by Canadian forces as part of the Allies' D-day invasion on June 6, 1944.
5.
a female given name.
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Juno1 (ˈdʒuːnəʊ)
 
—n
1.  Greek counterpart: Hera (in Roman tradition) the queen of the Olympian gods
2.  a woman of stately bearing and regal beauty

Juno3
 
—n
an award given for achievements in the Canadian music industry
 
[C20: originally after Pierre Juneau (born 1922) Canadian broadcaster]

Juno2 (ˈdʒuːnəʊ)
 
—n
astronomy the fourth largest known asteroid (approximate diameter 240 kilometres) and one of the four brightest

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Juno
Roman goddess of women and marriage, perhaps lit. "the young one" (perhaps as goddess of the new moon), from an Italic root akin to L. junior "younger," juvenis "young" (see young).
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Juno   (j'nō)  Pronunciation Key 
An asteroid having a diameter of about 240 km (149 mi). It was the third to be discovered, in 1804. See more at asteroid.
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Juno definition


The Roman name of Hera, the Greek and Roman goddess who protected marriage. Juno was the wife of Jupiter.

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Juno definition


A numerical constraint-oriented language for graphics applications. It solves its constraints using Newton-Raphson relaxation. It was inspired partly by Metafont.
["Juno, a Constraint-Based Graphics System", G. Nelson in SIGGRAPH '85 Conf Readings, B.A. Barsky ed, Jul 1985, pp. 235-243].
(1994-11-23)

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