Definition of algoles Algoles
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What does algoles mean?
Part of speech
🔤- algoles, noun, plural of algol.
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| algol - the second brightest star in Perseus; the first known eclipsing binary | ||
| algol - (from a combination of ALGOrithmic and Language); a programming language used to express computer programs as algorithms |
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- algol (n.)
A fixed star, in Medusa's head, in the constellation Perseus, remarkable for its periodic variation in brightness.
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algol
A wonderful variable star in Perseus, which goes through its changes in about two days and twenty-one hours.
Wikipedia 
- Algol, also known as the Demon Star, is a bright star in the Perseus constellation. It is one of the best known double stars that can only be seen in spectroscopes, the first star of its type discovered, and one of the first variable stars to be discovered before it explodes. Algol is made of three stars (Beta Persei A, B and C) and the brightest is Persei A. These stars partly eclipse each other every 2Â days, 20Â hours and 49Â minutes for 10 hours.
