Meanings
- astronomyA semiregular variable red giant, visible as a second-magnitude orange-red star in the northern constellation of Pegasus, one of four stars in the asterism of the Great Square of Pegasus.
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[This is the Scheat of Tycho, the Palermo Catalogue, and modern lists generally, either from Al Sā'id the Upper Part of the Arm, or, as Hyde suggested, from the early Sa'd appearing in the subsequent three pairs of stars. Bayer had Seat Alpheras; Chilmead, Seat Alfaras; Riccioli, Scheat Alpheraz; and Schickard, Saidol-pharazi.]
1899, Richard Hinckley Allen, Star-Names and Their Meanings, New York: G. E. Stechert, page 325Synonyms: β Pegasi, β Peg, Beta Pegasi
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA semiregular variable red giant, visible as a second-magnitude orange-red star in the northern constellation of Pegasus, one of four stars in the asterism of the Great Square of Pegasus.
Origin
- Arabicالسَاعِد
- EnglishScheat
From Arabic السَاعِد (as-sāʕid, literally “the forearm”).
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Scheat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Scheat
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