Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word CHIMERA

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Definitions of CHIMERA

1. (Greek mythology) Alternative letter-case form of Chimera., a supposed monster in Lycia with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a dragon or serpent, killed by the hero Bellerophon.
2. (mythology, art) Any fantastic creature combining parts from different animals.
3. (figurative) A foolish, incongruous, or vain thought or product of the imagination.
4. (figurative) Anything composed of very disparate parts.
5. (architecture) A grotesque like a gargoyle, but without a spout for rainwater.
6. (genetics) An organism with genetically distinct cells originating from two or more zygotes.
7. (zoology) Alternative form of chimaera., a cartilaginous marine fish in the subclass Holocephali and especially the order Chimaeriformes, with a blunt snout, long tail, and a spine before the first dorsal fin.
8. (figurative) Synonym of bogeyman: any terrifying thing, especially as an unreal, imagined threat.
9. (historical) Former name of Himara., a port town in southern Albania.
10. (Greek mythology) A supposed fire-breathing monster in Lycia with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a dragon or snake, killed by the hero Bellerophon.
11. (geography, Ancient Greece) A fire-spewing mountain in Lycia or Cilicia, presumed to be an ancient name for the Yanartaş region of Turkey's Antalya Province.
12. (historical) Former name of Ceraunian Mountains., the Albanian mountain range near Himara.

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Examples of Using CHIMERA in a Sentence

• Chimera (mythology), a fire-breathing monster of ancient Lycia said to combine parts from multiple animals.
• Overflow (software), a NASA-developed computational fluid dynamics program using overset (Chimera) grids.
• When not constructed as a waterspout and only serving an ornamental or artistic function, the technical term for such a sculpture is a grotesque, chimera, or boss.
• Other notable films include Cousins (1989), Wild at Heart (1990), Death Becomes Her (1992), Fearless (1993), Wyatt Earp (1994), Big Night (1996), Roger Dodger (2002), Infamous (2006), Two Lovers (2008), Enemy (2013), Joy (2015), La chimera (2023), and Conclave (2024).
• So he sent Bellerophon on a mission that he deemed impossible: to kill a fire-breathing monster, the Chimera.
• Hesiod has the Nemean lion as the offspring of Orthus and an ambiguous "she", often understood as probably referring to the Chimera, or possibly to Echidna or even Ceto.
• More practically, in agronomy Chimera indicates a plant or portion of a plant whose tissues are made up of two or more types of cells with different genetic makeup; it can derive from a bud mutation or, more rarely, at the grafting point, from the concrescence of cells of the two bionts; in this case it is commonly referred to as a "graft hybrid", although it is not a hybrid in the genetic sense of "hybrid".
• Jobs compared it to Internet Explorer, Netscape, and Chimera (later renamed Camino), showing that Safari was faster.
• Mo (Chinese zoology), a name that semantically changed from "giant panda", to "a mythical chimera", to "tapir".
• The short story collection Lost in the Funhouse (1968) and the novella collection Chimera (1972) are even more metafictional than their two predecessors, foregrounding the writing process and presenting achievements such as a seven-deep nested quotation.
• Chimera, a limited series about a Sigil-bearer on the far reaches of the Universe; the pirate adventure El Cazador; and two other titles that explain the origin of the Sigil-bearers, Solus and Mark of Charon.
• Two episodes later in Chimera, Carter begins dating her brother's friend Pete Shanahan, but Pete disrespects her privacy and the confidential nature of her work.
• Every sexually reproducing living organism who is not a genetic chimera has a maximum of four genetic grandparents, eight genetic great-grandparents, sixteen genetic great-great-grandparents, thirty-two genetic great-great-great-grandparents, sixty-four genetic great-great-great-great grandparents, etc.
• This is a chimera translation of "figwit" from two of Tolkien's Elvish languages: melpo, Quenya for "fig", and maen, Noldorin for clever or skilled.
• Chimera: a fire-breathing, three-headed monster with one head of a lion, one of a snake, and another of a goat, lion claws in front and goat legs behind, and a long snake tail.
• Jensen's giant sauropod was later found to be a chimera, and the type remains are now assigned to Supersaurus.
• "The Straits of Chimera", by Evridiki Livada Duca, New York 2014, published by the FEDERATION OF CEPHALONIAN AND ITHACIAN SOCIETIES and presented in Queens College (CUNY), and Rutgers University in October and November 2014.
• Besides the Naruto anime and manga, Shikamaru is featured in seven of the featured films in the series: in the second film, he aids Naruto Uzumaki and Sakura Haruno in fighting against Haido, a utopian idealist seeking to rule the world with a power called Gelel; in the fourth, Shikamaru appears in a brief sequence, fighting against a large group of stone soldiers; in the fifth, Shikamaru is sent alongside Kakashi and Sai in search of the base of the Land of Sky, who plans to invade Konoha; in the sixth, Shikamaru, alongside Sakura and Sai, battles the chimera beast summoned by Hiruko; in the eight, Shikamaru participates in the battle against the demon Satori; in the ninth, the Limited Tsukuyomi universe presents a portly Shikamaru, the exact opposite of his teammate, Choji, who becomes the team strategist instead; and in the tenth, Shikamaru leads the team consisting of himself, Naruto, Sakura, Sai, and Hinata Hyuga that is sent to rescue Hinata's younger sister, Hanabi, who was kidnapped by Toneri Otsutsuki.
• They learn that Sherincal leads the Legion of the Chimera's western forces, and that the leaders of the Legion of the Chimera, cambion twins named Isair and Madae, reside in the Severed Hand.
• PALB2 (Partner and localizer of BRCA2) can function synergistically with a BRCA2 chimera (termed piccolo, or piBRCA2) to further promote strand invasion.

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