vela

[ vee-luh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Vela

[ vee-luh, vey- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

, Astronomy.

, genitive Ve·lo·rum [vee-, lawr, -, uh, m, -, lohr, -, vey-]

the Sail, a southern constellation: one of the subordinate constellations into which Argo is divided.
U.S. Aerospace. one of a series of reconnaissance satellites designed to detect nuclear explosions.

Vela

/ ˈviːlə /

a constellation in the S hemisphere, close to Puppis and Carina and crossed by the Milky Way, that has four second-magnitude stars and a young bright pulsar

Origin of vela¹

< Latin, plural of vēlum sail

Smith is running against incumbent Democrat Filemon Vela, who destroyed his opponent in 2012 with 62 percent of the vote.

The roof of the fourth ventricle widens out very much and remains largely epithelial as the superior and inferior medullary vela.

The Redonda and Alta Vela phosphates consist chiefly of phosphate of alumina.

De la Torre, therefore, requested the father guardian to converse on the subject with Vela Nunnez.

At first Vela Nunnez was on his guard, lest it might be a false confidence devised for his ruin.

Leaving these friendly Indians, Ojeda pursued his way along the coast to the westward, until he reached cape de la Vela.

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