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Algol

noun

The second brightest star in Perseus; the first known eclipsing binary.

(from a combination of ALGOrithmic and Language); a programming language used to express computer programs as algorithms.

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... of the month, he said, he had been studying the heavens every morning before daybreak, when the constellation of Perseus was at the zenith; Agalah was scarcely visible; Algol was even less bright; Mira-Cetus had disappeared entirely; from all of which he augured the death of some man of great importance, to occur that very night ...

— Herodias • Gustave Flaubert

... variability of which was discovered by Fabricius in 1596, is also known as Mira, or the "Wonderful," on account of the extraordinary manner in which its light varies from time to time. The star known by the name of Algol,[32] popularly called the "Demon Star"—whose astronomical designation is [b] (Beta) Persei, or the star second in brightness in the constellation of Perseus—was discovered by Goodricke, in the year 1783, ...

— Astronomy of To-day - A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language • Cecil G. Dolmage

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