vela

[ vee-luh ]

noun
  1. plural of velum.

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Vela
[ vee-luh, vey- ]

noun,genitive Ve·lo·rum [vee-lawr-uhm, -lohr-, vey-] /viˈlɔr əm, -ˈloʊr-, veɪ-/ for 1. Astronomy.
  1. the Sail, a southern constellation: one of the subordinate constellations into which Argo is divided.

  2. U.S. Aerospace. one of a series of reconnaissance satellites designed to detect nuclear explosions.

Origin of Vela

2
<Latin, plural of vēlum sail

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Vela

/ (ˈviːlə) /


nounLatin genitive Velorum (viːˈlɔːrəm)
  1. 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

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