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name
The brightest star in the constellation Lyra; Alpha (α) Lyrae. It forms one corner of the Summer Triangle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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name
A surname from Spanish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A small city, the county seat of Oldham County, Texas, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
An automobile that was manufactured by Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors Corporation from 1970 to 1977.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
An open tract of ground; a plain, especially one which is moist and fertile, such as those used for growing tobacco.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Latin-America, Philippines
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noun
A measurement of the sensitivity of the value of an option to changes in the implied volatility of the price of the underlying asset.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, finance
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Synonyms: kappa, tau
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noun
the brightest star in the constellation Lyra
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: binary star, binary, double star
noun
prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Lope de Vega, Lope Felix de Vega Carpio
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dramatist, playwright
History
From Medieval Latin, from Arabic وَاقِع (wāqiʕ, “falling”), from the expression النَّسْر الوَاقِع (an-nasr al-wāqiʕ, “falling eagle”). The active participle وَاقِع (wāqiʕ) derives from the verb وَقَعَ (waqaʕa, “fall, drop, tumble, alight, pounce”).
Borrowed from Spanish vega (“meadow, fertile lowland”).
From Spanish vega.
An invented word perhaps chosen to begin with "v" (for "volatility") and to sound as if it could be a Greek letter (like the related parameters "delta", "gamma" etc.)
Across languages
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
