[joo-noh] 
| 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. |
| Ju·no (jōō'nō) n. Roman Mythology The principal goddess of the pantheon and the wife of Jupiter, worshiped as the goddess of women, marriage, childbirth and the moon, and as the protector of the state. She came to be identified with the Greek Hera. [Latin Iūnō, from iuvenis, young (probably from her association with the new moon); see yeu- in Indo-European roots.] |
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. |
Juno
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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