How do you use Procyon in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like binary, plus the exact meaning.
Procyon in a sentence
Procyon meaning
A star in the constellation Canis Minor; Alpha (α) Canis Minoris. The eighth brightest star in the night sky.
Synonyms of Procyon
Using Procyon
- The main meaning on this page is: A star in the constellation Canis Minor; Alpha (α) Canis Minoris. The eighth brightest star in the night sky.
- Useful related words include: binary star, binary, double star, genus procyon.
- In the example corpus, procyon often appears in combinations such as: procyon and, of procyon, procyon advisors.
Context around Procyon
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 8 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Procyon
- In this selection, "procyon" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, advisors, private and orbit stand out and add context to how "procyon" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include procyon advisors llc and procyon private wealth. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "procyon" sits close to words such as aal, aalto and aardvark, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with procyon
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The closest large neighbouring star to Sirius is Procyon, 1.61 parsecs (5.24 ly) away. (16 words)
Extensive observations of Procyon were carried out with the Copernicus and TD-1A satellites in the late 1970s. (18 words)
Procyon Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of W. P. Carey by 2.2% during the second quarter. (19 words)
To them, Procyon and Sirius were Volci "the wolves", circling hungrily around Orion which depicted a plough with oxen. citation Rarer names are the Latin translation of Procyon, Antecanis, and the Arabic-derived names Al Shira and Elgomaisa. (38 words)
The mass of the progenitor star for Procyon B was about main and it came to the end of its life some main Gyr ago, after a main-sequence lifetime of main Myr. (33 words)
Sirius served as the body of a "Great Bird" constellation called Manu, with Canopus as the southern wingtip and Procyon the northern wingtip, which divided the Polynesian night sky into two hemispheres. (32 words)
Example sentences (18)
Procyon orbit White dwarf companion Like Sirius B, Procyon's companion is a white dwarf that was inferred from astrometric data long before it was observed.
To them, Procyon and Sirius were Volci "the wolves", circling hungrily around Orion which depicted a plough with oxen. citation Rarer names are the Latin translation of Procyon, Antecanis, and the Arabic-derived names Al Shira and Elgomaisa.
Procyon Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of W. P. Carey by 2.2% during the second quarter.
For a better feel of lightly-threaded performance I ran UL’s Procyon Office 365, which uses Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook to measure performance doing everyday tasks in Office.
Procyon Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics during the third quarter worth $349,000.
Procyon Advisors LLC’s holdings in CVS Health were worth $291,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Procyon Private Wealth Partners LLC acquired a new stake in Boston Properties during the 4th quarter worth approximately $25,000.
Procyon Private Wealth Partners LLC bought a new stake in Advanced Energy Industries during the 4th quarter valued at $25,000.
Procyon Private Wealth Partners LLC purchased a new stake in Wells Fargo & Co in the fourth quarter worth $37,000.
Extensive observations of Procyon were carried out with the Copernicus and TD-1A satellites in the late 1970s.
For reasons that remain unclear, the mass of Procyon B is unusually low for a white dwarf star of its type.
Sirius served as the body of a "Great Bird" constellation called Manu, with Canopus as the southern wingtip and Procyon the northern wingtip, which divided the Polynesian night sky into two hemispheres.
The Ancient Greeks called the constellation προκυων/Procyon, "coming before the dog", transliterated into Latin as Antecanis, Praecanis, or variations thereof, by Cicero and others.
The closest large neighbouring star to Sirius is Procyon, 1.61 parsecs (5.24 ly) away.
The Kalapalo people of Mato Grosso state in Brazil called Procyon and Canopus Kofongo "Duck", with Castor and Pollux representing his hands.
The mass of the progenitor star for Procyon B was about main and it came to the end of its life some main Gyr ago, after a main-sequence lifetime of main Myr.
The X-ray source associated with Procyon A/B was observed on April 1, 1979, with the Einstein Observatory high-resolution imager (HRI).
X-ray emission Attempts to detect X-ray emission from Procyon with nonimaging, soft X-ray –sensitive detectors prior to 1975 failed.
Common combinations with procyon
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- procyon and 3×
- of procyon 3×
- procyon advisors 3×
- procyon private 3×
- procyon was 2×