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   An·drom·e·da

   /anˈdrämədə/

   • 1. an Ethiopian princess whose mother Cassiopeia boasted that she herself (or, in some stories, her daughter) was more beautiful than the Nereids. In revenge Poseidon sent a sea monster to ravage the country; to placate him Andromeda was fastened to a rock and exposed to the monster, from which she was rescued by Perseus.
   • 2. a large northern constellation between Perseus and Pegasus, with few bright stars. It is chiefly notable for the Andromeda Galaxy (or Great Nebula of Andromeda), a conspicuous spiral galaxy probably twice as massive as our own and located two million light years away.

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   • 1. used with preceding Greek letter or numeral to designate a star in the constellation Andromeda: "the star Gamma Andromedae"

   Word Origin Latin, from Greek. Andromedae is the Latin genitive form of the name Andromeda.

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