Procyon
noun
Pro·cy·on
ˈprō-sē-ˌän 
ˈprä-,
-ən
: the brightest star in the constellation Canis Minor
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About all there is to the Little Dog is Procyon and the fainter star Gomeisa, just above and a little to the right of Procyon.
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Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 23 Feb. 2025
From mid-northern latitudes, Procyon rises above the east-northeast horizon about 25 minutes before the more dazzling Sirius emerges above the east-southeast horizon.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 17 Feb. 2025
Here, Procyon uses versions of Mistral, Microsoft's PHI, and two flavors of Meta AI's Llama LLMs.
—Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 10 Feb. 2025
Above Procyon and to the left of Orion one can see Gemini, the Twins, and the two stars Castor and Pollux.
—Jesse Emspak, Space.com, 29 Jan. 2025
Blender’s test scores differed from Procyon AI and Adobe Premiere Pro, and showed a 10% increase in performance for the overclocked RTX 5090 Suprim Liquid over the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition.
—Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PCMAG, 27 Jan. 2025
The Surface Laptop scored 1,745 on the Procyon AI Score, while the MacBook Air managed 889.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 30 May 2024
Made up of Sirius in the constellation Canis Major, Procyon in the constellation Canis Minor and Betelgeuse in the constellation Orion, this celestial triangle often features prominently in the winter sky.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2024
The celestial triangle is made up of Sirius in the constellation of Canis Major, Procyon in the constellation of Canis Minor and Betelgeuse in the constellation of Orion.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2024
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Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 23 Feb. 2025
From mid-northern latitudes, Procyon rises above the east-northeast horizon about 25 minutes before the more dazzling Sirius emerges above the east-southeast horizon.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 17 Feb. 2025
Here, Procyon uses versions of Mistral, Microsoft's PHI, and two flavors of Meta AI's Llama LLMs.
—Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 10 Feb. 2025
Above Procyon and to the left of Orion one can see Gemini, the Twins, and the two stars Castor and Pollux.
—Jesse Emspak, Space.com, 29 Jan. 2025
Blender’s test scores differed from Procyon AI and Adobe Premiere Pro, and showed a 10% increase in performance for the overclocked RTX 5090 Suprim Liquid over the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition.
—Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PCMAG, 27 Jan. 2025
The Surface Laptop scored 1,745 on the Procyon AI Score, while the MacBook Air managed 889.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 30 May 2024
Made up of Sirius in the constellation Canis Major, Procyon in the constellation Canis Minor and Betelgeuse in the constellation Orion, this celestial triangle often features prominently in the winter sky.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2024
The celestial triangle is made up of Sirius in the constellation of Canis Major, Procyon in the constellation of Canis Minor and Betelgeuse in the constellation of Orion.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Procyon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Procyon. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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