ariel

US /'eərɪrl/

UK /'eərɪəl/

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noun

  • A gazelle found in the Middle East and North Africa.

proper noun

  • A satellite of Uranus discovered in 1851, the twelfth closest to the planet and the fourth largest, with a diameter of 721 miles (1,160 km).
  • A series of six American and British satellites devoted to studies of the ionosphere and X-ray astronomy (1962–79).