Definition of Alpha crucis

1. Noun. The brightest star in the Southern Cross.

Group relationships: Crux, Crux Australis, Southern Cross
Generic synonyms: Star

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alpha Crucis

Aloys Senefelder
Aloysius
Alp protease
Alpen
Alpena
Alpers disease
Alpert syndrome
Alpes-Maritimes
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Alpestrine
Alpha Cen
Alpha Centauri
Alpha Centauri A
Alpha Centauri B
Alpha Centauri C
Alpha Crucis
Alpha Geminorum
Alpha Orionis
Alpha cells
Alpha tests
Alphard
Alpheratz
Alphonse
Alphonse Bertillon
Alphonse Capone
Alphonsine
Alphonso
Alpine
Alpine anemone
Alpine besseya

Literary usage of Alpha crucis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Australian Poets, 1788-1888: Being a Selection of Poems Upon All Subjects by Arthur Patchett Martin (1890)
"... alpha crucis. [This writer desires the incognito maintained.] IN THE UPLANDS. MORNING. THE corn-lands wake with rustling quiver, Whilst o'er the ..."

2. The Call of the Stars: A Popular Introduction to a Knowledge of the Starry by John Robert Kippax (1919)
"Five — Canopus, Alpha Centauri, Beta Centauri, alpha crucis, and Achernar — are so far south that they cannot be seen in this latitude, but can be seen in ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1869)
"... and so situated that, when they are on the same vertical plane, the bearing of alpha crucis is very small, and its annual variation a mere nothing. ..."

4. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members (1869)
"... and so situated that, when they are on the same vertical plane, the bearing of alpha crucis is very small, and its annual variation a mere nothing. ..."

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