Electra

Electra

(i-lek -tră) See Pleiades.

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electra

[i′lek·trə]

(navigation)

A continuous-wave radio navigation aid that uses special radio beacons to provide a number of equisignal zones (usually 24).

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Electra

[i′lek·trə]

(astronomy)

A small, irregularly shaped satellite of Saturn that librates about the leading Lagrangian point of Dione's orbit.

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Electra

bore great, passionate love for father, Agamemnon. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 92; Gk. Lit.: Electra, Orestes]

See: Incest

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Electra

incited brother, Orestes, to kill their mother and her lover. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 92; Gk. Lit.: Electra, Orestes]

See: Inducement

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Electra

wreaks vengeance on her father’s murderers. [Gk. Lit.: Electra]

See: Vengeance

Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Electra

 

(17 Tauri), a star of visual stellar magnitude 3.7, located in the Pleiades, an open cluster. Its luminosity is 97 times greater than the sun’s, and its distance from the sun is 62 parsecs.

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