the brightest star in the constellation Cygnus and one of the brightest but remotest stars in the night sky. Visual magnitude: 1.25; spectral type: A2I
Word origin
C19: from Arabic dhanab a tail
Deneb in American English
(ˈdɛnˌɛb)
noun
a supergiant star, the brightest star in the constellation Cygnus: magnitude, 1.25
see also summer triangle
Word origin
Ar dhanab (aldajāja), tail (of the hen)
Examples of 'Deneb' in a sentence
Deneb
The summer triangle of Deneb, Vega, and Altair slipped away to the west a little more each night.