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celeste
/səˈlɛst/
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What does celeste mean?
noun
- Alternative form of celesta (“musical instrument”).
- An organ stop, deliberately slightly out of tune to give an undulating sound.
- Bleu celeste.
More meanings (2)
proper noun
- A female given name from French [in turn from Latin].
- A minor city in Hunt County, Texas, United States.
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/səˈlɛst/
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Among the other varieties are California Black or Mission Fig, Brown Ischia, Brown Turkey, White Ischia, and Celeste (Celestial).
The illustrious author of "La Mecanique Celeste" has shown that the solar atmosphere cannot reach even the planet Mercury; and that it could not in any case display the lenticular form which has been attributed to the zodiacal light.