Procyon

noun

Pro·​cy·​on ˈprō-sē-ˌän How to pronounce Procyon (audio)
ˈprä-,
-ən How to pronounce Procyon (audio)
: the brightest star in the constellation Canis Minor

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Above Procyon and to the left of Orion one can see Gemini, the Twins, and the two stars Castor and Pollux. Jesse Emspak, Space.com, 29 Jan. 2025 Blender’s test scores differed from Procyon AI and Adobe Premiere Pro, and showed a 10% increase in performance for the overclocked RTX 5090 Suprim Liquid over the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition. Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PCMAG, 27 Jan. 2025 The Surface Laptop scored 1,745 on the Procyon AI Score, while the MacBook Air managed 889. Tom Warren, The Verge, 30 May 2024 Made up of Sirius in the constellation Canis Major, Procyon in the constellation Canis Minor and Betelgeuse in the constellation Orion, this celestial triangle often features prominently in the winter sky. Denise Chow, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2024 The celestial triangle is made up of Sirius in the constellation of Canis Major, Procyon in the constellation of Canis Minor and Betelgeuse in the constellation of Orion. Denise Chow, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2024 The Winter Triangle is formed by three bright stars: Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky in the constellation Canis Major, Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star in Orion, and Procyon in the constellation Canis Minor. Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024 At the same time, the UL Procyon suite couldn’t run one of the default tests, AI Computer Vision. Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 27 Oct. 2024 In addition to that, Intel has made comparisons to Qualcomm’s platform using the same OEM and the same chassis (likely a Dell platform), claiming better battery life in UL Procyon and Microsoft Teams benchmarks. Anshel Sag, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Latin, from Greek Prokyōn, literally, fore-dog; from its rising before Sirius

First Known Use

1658, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Procyon was in 1658

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“Procyon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Procyon. Accessed 15 Feb. 2025.

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