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Meaning of Cheops | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˈkiːɒps/

Definitions

  1. Initialism of CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite, a planned European space telescope for the study of the formation of extrasolar planets.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. Khufu, a pharaoh of Egypt, who ruled in the first half of the Old Kingdom period (26th century BC) and is renowned as the builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza
  3. Alternative letter-case form of CHEOPS.
    alt-of

Equivalents

العربية خُوفُو
Deutsch Cheops
Français Chéops Khéops
Italiano Cheope
Português Cheops Queops
Русский Хео́пс

Examples

“The dedicated time Cheops spent observing the star helped astronomers iron out the mixed signals from the TESS data to determine how many planets were crossing in front of the star and the resonance of their orbits.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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