Nov 29, 2018 Ancient Greek mythology includes stories of a fire-breathing creature called a chimera. This fearsome beast was a mix between a lion, goat, and serpent. Chimera definition is - a fire-breathing she-monster in Greek mythology having a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail. How to use chimera in a sentence. Professional Lighting Modifiers and The Choice of Visionaries Since 1980. Handcrafted In Colorado.
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Chi·me·ra
also Chi·mae·ra(kī-mîr′ə, kĭ-)n.1. Greek Mythology A fire-breathing female monster usually represented as a composite of a lion, goat, and serpent.
2. An imaginary monster made up of grotesquely disparate parts.
chi·me·ra
also chi·mae·ra(kī-mîr′ə, kĭ-)n.1.a. An organism, organ, or part consisting of two or more tissues of different genetic composition, produced as a result of organ transplant, grafting, or genetic engineering.
b. A gene or protein consisting of parts from two different genes or proteins that are normally distinct, sometimes derived from two different species.
2. An individual who has received a transplant of genetically and immunologically different tissue.
[Middle English chimere, Chimera, from Old French, from Latin chimaera, from Greek khimaira, female goat, Chimera; see ghei- in Indo-European roots.]
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chimera
(kaɪˈmɪərə; kɪ-) orchimaera
n1. (Classical Myth & Legend) (often capital) Greek myth a fire-breathing monster with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a serpent
2. (Art Terms) a fabulous beast made up of parts taken from various animals
4. (Genetics) biology an organism, esp a cultivated plant, consisting of at least two genetically different kinds of tissue as a result of mutation, grafting, etc
[C16: from Latin chimaera, from Greek khimaira she-goat, from khimaros he-goat]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
chi•me•ra
or chi•mae•ra
(kɪˈmɪər ə, kaɪ-)n., pl. -ras.
1. (often cap.) a monster of classical myth, commonly represented with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.
2. any horrible or grotesque imaginary creature.
4. an organism composed of two or more genetically distinct tissues.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Latin chimaera < Greek chímaira she-goat; akin to Old Norse gymbr, E gimmer ewe-lamb one year (i.e., one winter) old, Latin hiems winter (see hiemal)]
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Noun | 1. | Chimera - (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks mythical creature, mythical monster - a monster renowned in folklore and myth |
2. | chimera - a grotesque product of the imagination imagery, imaging, mental imagery, imagination - the ability to form mental images of things or events; 'he could still hear her in his imagination' |
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chimera
nounillusion, dream, fantasy, delusion, spectre, snare, hallucination, figment, ignis fatuus, will-o'-the-wispHe spent his life pursuing the chimera of perfect love.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
chimera
nounA fantastic, impracticable plan or desire:bubble, castle in the air, dream, fantasy, illusion, pipe dream, rainbow.
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Chiméra
khimaira
Himera
キマイラキメラ
himeraХимера
chimera
[kaɪˈmɪərə]N → quimerafCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
chimera
[kaɪˈmɪərə]Chimera Human
n (= monster) → chimèref
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
chimera
Chimera Cat
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Current Production Releases
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- For more recent changes,use thesnapshotanddailybuilds; they are less tested but usually reliable.
64-bit Releases:
Platform Installer, Size, and Checksum Date Notes Microsoft Windows 64-bit chimera-1.15-win64.exe
Size: 152310162 bytes
MD5: 6a68ab33f35a298059b9ef89f6372cfcDec 18, 2020 Instructions
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Runs on Windows 7 or later.Mac OS X 64-bit chimera-1.15-mac64.dmg
Size: 191085873 bytes
MD5: 2debb9ae125af17bd8905bfb1ae6063cDec 18, 2020 Instructions
Documentation
Runs on Mac OS X 10.12 or later.Linux 64-bit chimera-1.15-linux_x86_64.bin
Size: 154069682 bytes
MD5: 5c8f48ed5d474ed79df944b58c78eb39Dec 18, 2020 Instructions
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Compiled on CentOS 5.11.32-bit releases are no longer supported.
Daily Builds
- New builds are made when the code changes.
They are untested but are usually reliableand include new bug fixes not in the production release.
64-bit Builds:
Platform Installer, Size, and Checksum Date Notes Microsoft Windows 64-bit chimera-alpha-win64.exe
Size: 152346063 bytes
MD5: 4d86368b5132e286bd3d168707fbaf9dMay 19, 2021 (See production version for installation instructions)
Runs on Windows 7 or later.
Release notesMac OS X 64-bit chimera-alpha-mac64.dmg
Size: 192248502 bytes
MD5: c1293876a285c3dd95eeef1bfa58353eMay 19, 2021 (See production version for installation instructions)
Runs on Mac OS X 10.12 or later.
Release notesLinux 64-bit chimera-alpha-linux_x86_64.bin
Size: 154086112 bytes
MD5: 8018acb6ab33f97efe3c76fc6cbd0955May 17, 2021 (See production version for installation instructions)
Compiled on CentOS 5.11.
Release notesHeadless Linux 64-bit chimera-alpha-linux_x86_64_osmesa.bin
Size: 148015763 bytes
MD5: eb85025629720e5581e54e1af4544405May 19, 2021 (See production version for installation instructions)
For (web) servers. Compiled on CentOS 5.11.
Release notes32-bit builds are no longer supported.
Snapshot Releases
- These are development snapshots, not tested as much as the production releases.
- Currently there are no snapshot releases.
Unsupported Releases
- These are releases for platforms that we might support in the futureor used to support.
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64-bit Releases:
Platform Installer, Size, and Checksum Date Notes HP Tru64 Unix chimera-1.3-tru64.exe
Size: 95937093 bytes
MD5: 7a84b2a39371a077c51bc348db057f28Dec 09, 2008 Instructions
Documentation
Runs on Tru64 5.1B.Headless Linux 64-bit chimera-1.15-linux_x86_64_osmesa.bin
Size: 147996792 bytes
MD5: 9e0d9cd66645c49c82aa68a508338621Dec 18, 2020 Instructions
Documentation
For (web) servers. Compiled on CentOS 5.11.32-bit Releases (for small memory computers):
Platform Installer, Size, and Checksum Date Notes Mac OS X chimera-1.11.2-mac.dmg
Size: 103774888 bytes
MD5: fa2ccd9c17c456d71088e81129c862d6Dec 02, 2016 Instructions
Documentation
Runs on Mac OS X 10.8 or later.Mac OS X (X Windows) chimera-1.11.2-mac_x11.dmg
Size: 91230485 bytes
MD5: a42b0463f5d51ff845cc459cd3de66c3Dec 02, 2016 Instructions
Documentation
Runs on Mac OS X 10.8 or later.Linux chimera-1.11.2-linux.bin
Size: 119742278 bytes
MD5: 47dd12fbcbcfe01ea678599dd7001a6bDec 02, 2016 Instructions
Documentation
Compiled on Debian 4 (etch).SGI IRIX chimera-1.3-irix.exe
Size: 91949632 bytes
MD5: 503399e4bcddd58d736e686925feefebDec 09, 2008 Instructions
Documentation
Runs on IRIX 6.5.10+ with current C++ runtime patches.Headless Linux chimera-1.11.2-linux_osmesa.bin
Size: 113253259 bytes
MD5: 4f8b829bf5838566ba7a3afefdccb02dDec 02, 2016 Instructions
Documentation
For (web) servers. Compiled on Debian 4 (etch).