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regulus n. 狮子座的一等星,熔渣 狮子座的一等星,熔渣 Regulus n 1: the brightest star in Leo 2: a genus of birds of the family Sylviidae including kinglets [ synonym: { Regulus}, { genus Regulus}] Regulus \ Reg" u* lus\ (- l? s), n.; pl. E. { Reguluses} (-? z), L. { Reguli} (- l?). [ L., a petty king, prince, dim. of rex, regis, a king: cf. F. r[' e] gule. See { Regal}.] 1. A petty king; a ruler of little power or consequence. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Chem. & Metal.) The button, globule, or mass of metal, in a more or less impure state, which forms in the bottom of the crucible in smelting and reduction of ores. [ 1913 Webster] Note: The name was introduced by the alchemists, and applied by them in the first instance to antimony. It signifies little king; and from the facility with which antimony alloyed with gold, these empirical philosophers had great hopes that this metal, antimony, would lead them to the discovery of the philosopher' s stone. -- Ure. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Astron.) A star of the first magnitude in the constellation Leo; -- called also the { Lion' s Heart}. [ 1913 Webster]
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