(science fiction) A native or inhabitant of Alpha Centauri.

plural of Alpha Centaurian

(biochemistry) Any of a specific group of neuronal scaffold proteins

A female centaur; a she-centaur

plural of centaurin

Pertaining to or reminiscent of a centaur. / (chiefly science fiction, with capital initial) Pertaining to the constellation Centaurus or its imagined inhabitants.

(astronomy) The star Proxima Centauri

(astronomy) The brightest star in the southern constellation of Centaurus. Alpha Centauri is actually a binary star with Proxima Centauri as a third component. Alpha Centauri B is less bright than Alpha Centauri A and is somewhat less bright than our sun.

(astronomy) The brightest star in the southern constellation of Centaurus. Alpha Centauri is actually a binary star with Alpha Centauri C or Proxima Centauri as a third component. Alpha Centauri A is the brightest star of the system and is somewhat brighter than our sun. Alpha Centauri B is somewhat fainter than Alpha Centauri A but much brighter than Proxima Centauri.

plural of centauress