Spica is an English word with synonyms like star. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Spica meaning
- A spike (kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis).
- A spur.
- A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; a spiral bandage with reversed turns.
Synonyms of Spica
Using Spica
- The main meaning on this page is: A spike (kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis). | A spur. | A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; a spiral bandage with reversed turns.
- Useful related words include: star.
- In the example corpus, spica often appears in combinations such as: of spica, spica is.
Context around Spica
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 9 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Spica
- In this selection, "spica" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, introducing, changed, sky, boy, cast and sections stand out and add context to how "spica" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include bright star spica the brightest and characteristics spica is a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "spica" sits close to words such as aat, abhorrence and abms, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with spica
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It is located about 10° due west of Spica. (9 words)
Last occultation of Spica by Venus was on November 10, 1783. (11 words)
According to Ptolemy, Hipparchus measured the longitude of Spica and Regulus and other bright stars. (15 words)
A temple to Menat (an early Hathor ) at Thebes was oriented with reference to Spica when it was built in 3200 BC, and, over time, precession slowly but noticeably changed Spica's location relative to the temple. (37 words)
Just to the top right of the rising moon, you will see the bright star Spica, the brightest star in the constellation Virgo and one of the 20 brightest stars in the night sky. (34 words)
Mirren plays Georgina, the unhappy wife of gangster Albert Spica, who is forced to accompany her husband every night for dinner as his new restaurant: Le Hollandais. (27 words)
Example sentences (14)
Jenson sweetly posted that he was introducing 'Spica boy, the newest superhero!', referencing the fact his son was wearing a spica cast.
A temple to Menat (an early Hathor ) at Thebes was oriented with reference to Spica when it was built in 3200 BC, and, over time, precession slowly but noticeably changed Spica's location relative to the temple.
One of the 15 brightest stars in the entire sky, Spica is a blue giant star about 250 light-years distant.
Spica is one of the 20 brightest stars in the night sky and about 250 light-years distant.
Just to the top right of the rising moon, you will see the bright star Spica, the brightest star in the constellation Virgo and one of the 20 brightest stars in the night sky.
Mirren plays Georgina, the unhappy wife of gangster Albert Spica, who is forced to accompany her husband every night for dinner as his new restaurant: Le Hollandais.
According to Ptolemy, Hipparchus measured the longitude of Spica and Regulus and other bright stars.
Characteristics Spica is a close binary star whose components orbit about each other every four days.
However all the major cultivated and commercial forms resided in the Stoechas and Spica sections.
In art, constellation Virgo holds Spica, a sheaf of wheat in her hand and sits beside constellation Leo the Lion.
It is located about 10° due west of Spica.
Last occultation of Spica by Venus was on November 10, 1783.
Nicolaus Copernicus made many observations of Spica with his home-made triquetrum for his researches on precession.
The next occultation will occur on September 2, 2197, when Venus again passes in front of Spica.
Common combinations with spica
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of spica 5×
- spica is 3×