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Definitions for Naiad
ˈneɪ æd, -əd, ˈnaɪ-; -əˌdizna·iad
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Princeton's WordNet
naiad, water nymphnoun
submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water
naiadnoun
(Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains
Wiktionary
naiadnoun
A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.
naiadnoun
The aquatic larva (nymph) of a dragonfly or damselfly.
Etymology: naias, from Ναϊάς, from νάειν.
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Naiad
The UK Dark Matter Collaboration (UKDMC) (1987–2007) was an experiment to search for Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). The consortium consisted of astrophysicists and particle physicists from the United Kingdom, who conducted experiments with the ultimate goal of detecting rare scattering events which would occur if galactic dark matter consists largely of a new heavy neutral particle. Detectors were set up 1,100 m (3,600 ft) underground in a halite seam at the Boulby Mine in North Yorkshire.
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A naiad is a type of water nymph who presides over fountains, wells, springs, streams and brooks in Greek mythology. Also, in zoology, it is the term used for the aquatic larva or nymph of certain insects, including dragonflies and mayflies.
Webster Dictionary
Naiadnoun
a water nymph; one of the lower female divinities, fabled to preside over some body of fresh water, as a lake, river, brook, or fountain
Naiadnoun
any species of a tribe (Naiades) of freshwater bivalves, including Unio, Anodonta, and numerous allied genera; a river mussel
Naiadnoun
one of a group of butterflies. See Nymph
Naiadnoun
any plant of the order Naiadaceae, such as eelgrass, pondweed, etc
Etymology: [L. naias, -adis, nas, -idis, a water nymph, Gr nai:a`s, nai:`s, fr. na`ein to flow: cf. F. naade. Cf. Naid.]
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Naiad
In Greek mythology, the Naiads were a type of nymph who presided over fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of freshwater. They are distinct from river gods, who embodied rivers, and the very ancient spirits that inhabited the still waters of marshes, ponds and lagoon-lakes, such as pre-Mycenaean Lerna in the Argolid. Naiads were associated with fresh water, as the Oceanids were with saltwater and the Nereids specifically with the Mediterranean, but because the Greeks thought of the world's waters as all one system, which percolated in from the sea in deep cavernous spaces within the earth, there was some overlap. Arethusa, the nymph of a spring, could make her way through subterranean flows from the Peloponnesus, to surface on the island of Sicily.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Naiad
nā′yad, n. a water-nymph or a goddess, presiding over rivers and springs:—pl. Nai′ades. [L. and Gr. naias, naiados, from naein, to flow.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Naiad in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
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The numerical value of Naiad in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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- nàiadaCatalan, Valencian
- NajadeGerman
- ναϊάδα, νύμφηGreek
- náyadeSpanish
- náiadeGalician
- נאיעדHebrew
- ナイアスJapanese
- najadaPolish
- náiade, náiadaPortuguese
- ная́даRussian
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