Орион

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Орио́н (Oriónm anim or m inan (genitive Орио́на, nominative plural Орио́ны, genitive plural Орио́нов)

  1. (Greek mythology) Orion (a giant-hunter)
  2. (astronomy) Orion (a constellation)
    По́яс Орио́наPójas OriónaOrion's Belt
    • 1875, Николай Лесков , “Глава десятая”, in На краю света; English translation from Alfred Edward Chamot, transl., On the Edge of the World, 1923:
      Часы́ мои́ давно́ уже́ не шли, но отсю́да для меня́ бы́ли прекра́сно откры́ты Орио́н и Плея́ды — э́ти небе́сные часы́, по кото́рым я тепе́рь мог вести́ счёт вре́мени мои́х муче́ний.
      Časý moí davnó užé ne šli, no otsjúda dlja menjá býli prekrásno otkrýty Orión i Plejády — éti nebésnyje časý, po kotórym ja tepérʹ mog vestí sčot vrémeni moíx mučénij.
      My watch had long since stopped, but from my position I had an admirable view of Orion and the Pleiades—those heavenly clocks, by which I could now calculate the hours of my torture.
  3. Orion (Soviet and Russian manufacturer of high technology military and aerospace electronics)
  4. Orion (a family of Russian unmanned aerial vehicles)
  5. Orion (a spacecraft used in NASA's Artemis program)
  6. Orion (an American turboprop anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft)
  7. Orion (a group of four British dreadnought battleships)

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