Almachとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Arabic العَنَاقُ الأَرْض‎ (al-ʿanāqu l-ʾarḍ, “caracal, desert lynx”).

固有名詞

Almach

1. (astronomy) A second-magnitude quadruple star, telescopically visible as an apparent double star composed of an orange bright giant and a fifth-magnitude blue-white triple star, marking the left foot of the chained woman in the northern constellation of Andromeda.
   • 1899, Richard Hinckley Allen, Star-Names and Their Meanings, New York: G. E. Stechert, page 36:

     [This is Alamac in the Alfonsine Tables and 1515 Almagest; Riccioli's Alamak; Flamsteed's Alamech; now Almach, Almak, Almaack, and Almaac or Almaak; all from Al 'Anāḳ al 'Arḍ, a small predatory animal of Arabia, similar to a badger, and popularly known there as Al Barīd.]

2. (astronomy, specifically) The brightest star of the aforementioned star system.

同意語

• (star system): γ (gamma) Andromedae (primary designation), γ And (abbreviated form), Gamma Andromedae (Latinized form)
• (brightest star): γ¹ Andromedae (designation)

Holonyms

• Andromeda

参照

• “Naming Stars”, in International Astronomical Union, 1 June 2018, List of IAU-approved Star Names.

アナグラム

• chamal