Associations to the word «Algol»
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Adjective
Wiktionary
ALGOL, proper noun. (star) An eclipsing binary star in the constellation of Perseus; Beta (β) Persei. It represents the eye of Medusa, whose head is being held by Perseus.
ALGOL, proper noun. (computing) A high-level programming language mostly used for solving mathematical and scientific problems.
Dictionary definition
ALGOL, noun. The second brightest star in Perseus; the first known eclipsing binary.
ALGOL, noun. (from a combination of ALGOrithmic and Language); a programming language used to express computer programs as algorithms.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.