methuselah

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see also: Methuselah

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Noun

methuselah (plural methuselahs)

1. A large wine bottle with the capacity of about 6 liters, equivalent to 8 standard bottles.
2. (cellular automata) A small pattern that takes many generations to stabilize.

   Hyponyms: B-heptomino, Herschel, pi-heptomino, R-pentomino, switch engine

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Methuselah

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Etymology

From , also spelled מְתוּשָׁלַח.

Proper noun

1. The oldest person whose age is recorded in the Hebrew Bible, having reportedly lived 969 years.
2. (planets) A planet in PSR B1620-26, Messier 4; the oldest planet discovered at the time of discovery in 2003; a circumbinary planet orbiting a pulsar and white dwarf.

   Synonyms: Planet Methuselah, Methuselah Planet, Genesis, Planet Genesis, Genesis Planet, PSR B1620-26 b, WD B1620-26 b, ** B1620-26 b, B1620-26b, PSR B1620-26 c, WD B1620-26 c, ** B1620-26 c, B1620-26c

Translations

• French: Mathusalem
• German: Methusalem
• Italian: Matusalemme
• Portuguese: Matusalém
• Russian: Мафусаи́л
• Spanish: Matusalén, Mathusalam (obsolete)

Noun

methuselah (plural methuselahs)

1. (by extension) Any person or thing that has lived to a very old age.
2. .

Translations

• Portuguese: matusalém

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