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daedalus
/ˈdɛdələs/
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What does daedalus mean?
proper noun
- Greek mythological figure who crafted the waxen wings of Icarus.
- Project Daedalus: a scheme for an interstellar probe that would use fusion rockets.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈdɛdələs/
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He constructed wings after the model of those which according to Ovid, Daedalus made use of.
The instinct of property is to make the industry of Daedalus, as well as the talent of Phidias, subservient to its own fantastic whims and disgraceful pleasures.
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The new Daedalus, sitting comfortably in his carriage, would by means of a crank give to the pterophore a suitable circular (or revolving) speed.
This invention is said to have been suggested by the arrangement of the teeth in the jaw of a serpent, used by Talus the nephew of Daedalus in dividing a piece of wood.
To this angry message Theseus returned a very gentle answer, excusing himself that he could not deliver up Daedalus, who was nearly related to him, being his cousin-german, his mother being Merope, the daughter of Erechtheus.