Definitions for vegaˈvi gə, ˈveɪ-

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Ve•gaˈvi gə, ˈveɪ-(n.)

  1. a star of the first magnitude in the constellation Lyra.

    Category: Astronomy

Origin of Vega:

1630–40; < ML < Ar (al-nasr-al-) wāqi‘ (the) falling (eagle), orig. designating the three stars Alpha, Epsilon, and Zeta Lyrae

Ve•gaˈveɪ gə; ˈloʊ peɪ(n.)

  1. Category: Biography

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Vega, Lope de Vega, Lope Felix de Vega Carpio(noun)

    prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635)

  2. Vega(noun)

    the brightest star in the constellation Lyra

Wiktionary

  1. vega(Noun)

    A measurement of the sensitivity of the value of an option to changes in the implied volatility of the price of the underlying product.

  2. Origin: Perhaps chosen arbitrarily as a word beginning with "v" (for "volatility") that sounds as if it could be a Greek letter (like the related risk parameters "delta", "gamma" etc.)

Webster Dictionary

  1. Vega(noun)

    a brilliant star of the first magnitude, the brightest of those constituting the constellation Lyra


Translations for vega

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

weigh(verb)

to be equal to in heaviness

This parcel weighs one kilo; How much / What does this box weigh?

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