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A
virgin is someone who has not yet engaged in sexual
intercourse. The world is also frequently used colloquially
to refer to someone to has never engaged in any given
arbitrary activity.
Virgin
may also refer to:
Young
emerged queen bees that have not yet mated
The Virgin, an epithet for Mary, the mother of Jesus;
sometimes the epithet "virgin" is applied,
particularly in languages other than English, to other
women in Christianity who were considered particularly
pure
The Virgin Queen, a title of Elizabeth I of England
The Virgin, an alternate English name for the constellation
Virgo
Virgin, the brand name for most of the companies in
the Virgin Group, the corporate banner encompassing
Sir Richard Branson's various business ventures, including
Virgin Atlantic Airways, Virgin Blue and Virgin Megastores;
it also remains the brand name of several former Branson
businesses that have been sold off, such as Virgin
Records.
In music:
Virgin
(band), a Polish rock band
Like a Virgin, a pop album by music artist, Madonna
Like a Virgin (song), a 1984 song by Madonna
In film:
The
40-Year-Old Virgin, a comedy directed by Judd Apatow,
starring Steve Carell
Virgin (film), a 2003 film
Virginity (film), a 1996 film starring Amanda Peet
Virgin, a term The Rocky Horror Picture Show fans
assign to an individual who has not yet seen the film
(an allusion to the film's sexual aspects); and more
specifically in this context, a virgin is someone
who has not experienced this film in a theater and
the unique audience participation practiced by its
dedicated fans
In other fields:
A
grade of olive oil
A drink that is made according to the recipe of an
alcoholic beverage, but omitting the alcohol
Virgin Group, a group of companies that includes Virgin
Atlantic Airways airline company, Virgin Mobile cell
phone company, Virgin Records music label company.
Star
A
star is a massive, luminous ball of plasma. Stars
group together to form galaxies, and they dominate
the visible universe. The nearest star to Earth is
the Sun, which is the source of most of the energy
on Earth, including daylight. Other stars are visible
in the night sky, when they are not outshone by the
Sun. A star shines because nuclear fusion in its core
releases energy which traverses the star's interior
and then radiates into outer space. Without stars,
life and most atomic elements present in the Universe
would not exist.
Astronomers
can determine the mass, age, chemical composition
and many other properties of a star by observing its
spectrum, luminosity and motion through space. The
total mass of a star is the principal determinant
in its evolution and eventual fate. Other characteristics
of a star that are determined by its evolutionary
history include the diameter, rotation, movement and
temperature. A plot of the temperature of many stars
against their luminosities, known as a Hertzsprung-Russell
diagram (H-R diagram), allows the current age and
evolutionary state of a particular star to be determined.
A
star begins as a collapsing cloud of material that
is composed primarily of hydrogen along with some
helium and heavier trace elements. Once the stellar
core is sufficiently dense, some of the hydrogen is
steadily converted into helium through the process
of nuclear fusion. The remainder of the star's interior
carries energy away from the core through a combination
of radiation and convective processes. These processes
keep the star from collapsing upon itself and the
energy generates a stellar wind at the surface and
radiation into outer space.
Once
the hydrogen fuel at the core is exhausted, a star
of at least 0.4 times the mass of the Sun expands
to become a red giant, fusing heavier elements at
the core, or in shells around the core. It then evolves
into a degenerate form, recycling a portion of the
matter into the interstellar environment where it
will form a new generation of stars with a higher
proportion of heavy elements.
Binary
and multi-star systems consist of two or more stars
that are gravitationally bound, and generally move
around each other in stable orbits. When two such
stars have a relatively close orbit, their gravitational
interaction can have a significant impact on their
evolution.
(Credit:
Wikipedia)
Virgin
Star - the name of an ISP (internet service provider)
established by Australian criminal and stallker,
Gabrielle Maas. To be avoided
at all costs.
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