Used in a Sentence

galatea

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for galatea.

Editorial note

Check out the really short Galatea to see how much parser improvement has occurred since the old Infocom days.

Examples19
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A settlement in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, named after HMS Galatea.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of galatea gathered in one view.

noun

A settlement in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, named after HMS Galatea.

noun

(textiles) A strong cotton fabric with diagonal twill weave

noun

(Greek mythology) Galatea; a sea-nymph in Ovid's story of Acis and Galatea.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for galatea.

noun

A settlement in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, named after HMS Galatea.

noun

(textiles) A strong cotton fabric with diagonal twill weave

noun

(Greek mythology) Galatea; a sea-nymph in Ovid's story of Acis and Galatea.

noun

(Greek mythology) Galatea; name given in the 18th century to the animated statue sculpted by Pygmalion.

Example sentences

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Check out the really short Galatea to see how much parser improvement has occurred since the old Infocom days.

2

Substitute service had been provided by, variously, a sister ship, the Galatea, the older ferry that Veteran and Galatea replaced, MV Earl W.

3

Another pair of good fiction novels are Plowing the Dark and Galatea 2.2 by Richard Powers.

4

I built Galatea because I was tired of every AI coding assistant sounding exactly the same.

5

The web app is free to use at galatea.sh.

6

Stuff like "Ask galatea her favorite color" and "tell galatea her dress is pretty" aren't working.

7

It's not an RPG and the interface is limited, but may I introduce you to Galatea?

8

Reading through the comments, it's hard to not think of "Pygmalion and Galatea."

9

Like the IF Galatea, but in a free roam world, with NPC's interacting with each other shaping the world dinamically.

10

Galatea 2.2 by Richard Powers It's about a "resident humanist" at a research institution who makes an improbable bet with a computer scientist/AI researcher.

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Otherwise, McCartney may have become like Pygmalion falling in love with his sculpture, Galatea.

12

Galatea is a marble statue which the sculptor falls in love with.

Quote examples

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Stuff like "Ask galatea her favorite color" and "tell galatea her dress is pretty" aren't working.

2

Reading through the comments, it's hard to not think of "Pygmalion and Galatea."

3

Galatea 2.2 by Richard Powers It's about a "resident humanist" at a research institution who makes an improbable bet with a computer scientist/AI researcher.

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Emily Short created Galatea with Inform6 which is more a conversation experiment than a game, think of Eliza but with stereoids, having even "feelings" and "topics" on the conversation.

Proper noun examples

1

It's not an RPG and the interface is limited, but may I introduce you to Galatea?

2

Like the IF Galatea, but in a free roam world, with NPC's interacting with each other shaping the world dinamically.

3

Otherwise, McCartney may have become like Pygmalion falling in love with his sculpture, Galatea.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use galatea in a sentence?

Check out the really short Galatea to see how much parser improvement has occurred since the old Infocom days.

What does galatea mean?

A settlement in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, named after HMS Galatea.

What part of speech is galatea?

galatea is commonly used as noun.