Leda
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Leda
(lee -dă) A small satellite of Jupiter, discovered in 1974 by Charles T. Cowall. See Jupiter's satellites; Table 2, backmatter.Collins Dictionary of Astronomy © Market House Books Ltd, 2006
Leda
[′lēd·ə] (astronomy)
A small satellite of Jupiter with a diameter probably less than 5 miles (8 kilometers), orbiting at a mean distance of 6.88 × 106 miles (1.11 × 107 kilometers). Also known as Jupiter XIII.
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Leda
raped by Zeus in form of swan. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 149]
See: Bestiality
Leda
raped by Zeus in form of swan. [Class. Myth.: Zimmer-man, 149; Rom. Lit.: Metamorphoses; Br. Lit.: Faerie Queene]
See: Rape
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LEDA
(1)Leda
(language)A multi-paradigm language supporting imperative programming, declarative programming, procedural programming, functional programming, logic programming
and object-oriented programming developed by Tim Budd
<budd@cs.orst.edu> at Oregon State University in 1990-1993.
["Blending Imperative and Relational Programming", Tim Budd, IEEE Software 8(1):58-65 (Jan 1991)]. Forthcoming book.
ftp://cs.orst.edu/pub/budd/leda/.
["Blending Imperative and Relational Programming", Tim Budd, IEEE Software 8(1):58-65 (Jan 1991)]. Forthcoming book.
ftp://cs.orst.edu/pub/budd/leda/.
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Leda
in ancient Greek mythology, the wife of Tyndareus, king of Sparta. Attracted by her beauty, Zeus united with her, having taken the form of a swan. From this union Leda brought into the world two eggs from which Helen and the Dioscuri (Castor and Polydeuces) were eventually born. The union of Leda with Zeus in the form of a swan is a favorite subject in Hellenistic reliefs, the mural paintings in Pompeii, and painting of a later period (especially 15th- and 16th-century Italian painting: Leonardo da Vinci, Il Perugino, Correggio, Veronese, and Tintoretto).
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