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    [Noun]  | "ae*gis" | \ ˈē-jəs \


    1: a shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena

    2: protection

    3: controlling or conditioning influence


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Borrowed from Latin, borrowed from Greek aigís "goatskin, mantle of Zeus," derivative of aig-, aíx "goat"; akin to Armenian aic "goat" (perhaps going back to Indo-European *h2eiǵ-ih2-), and perhaps to Avestan izaēna "of leather";

    [Noun]  | "egis" 


    1: a shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena

    2: protection

    3: controlling or conditioning influence

    [Noun]  | "aegis" 


    1: means or method of defending;


      * e.g., " ... having no claim to the land under the aegis of the law, the cattle baron decided to claim it by force "



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    2: the financial support and general guidance for an undertaking;


      * e.g., " ... a medical study that was questioned by many because it was done under the aegis of a major pharmaceutical company "



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     [ "aegis" ]

    1: A collection of software developed by Korean Game-developing Company Gravity Co., for use in it's MMORPG Ragnarok Online. Aegis is the official software Gravity uses to manage their server.

      * e.g.,  ... Hey, now you can host yer own server, just get Aegis! 

     [ "aegis" ]

    1:  A healthcare oursourcing company based in Arkansas

      * e.g.,  ...  Aegis screws their employees because they hire 40% temp wokers. 


     [ "aegis" ]

    2:  A new perflorelastomer plastic used in high temperature O-rings

      * e.g.,  ...  Those Aegis O-rings cost $137 each? 


     [ "aegis" ]

    3:  An airport bomb detector based upon NOx chemiluminesence technology.

      * e.g.,  ...  That bomb detector is made by Aegis, but it only detects NOx in explosives, not anthrax canisters. 

     [ "AEGIS" ]

    1: Ægis, Greek mythology.

      * e.g.,  ... In WWII, foreign ministers entered warring territories under the ægis of diplomacy. 


     [ "AEGIS" ]

    2: The goatskin breastplate or shield of Zeus(King of the gods) or Athena (goddess of wisdom). The shield, Ægis, when carried by Athena has the head of Medusa, retaining its powers of petrification, attached to the center.


     [ "AEGIS" ]

    3: The shield offered protection and security - to be under the ægis of someone, or something, is to be under its protection.

     [ "Aegis" ]

    1: A prototype transformable commander use mobile suit from the series "mobile suit gundam seed". As it's model number gat-x303 indicates, it's built around the federation's gat frame. It's one of the four gundams that were stolen by zaft at heliopolis. It was given to and exclusively piloted by athrun zala until it self detonated in it's battle against the gat-x105 strike gundam.

      * e.g.,  ... Damn the aegis gundam is so cool, it's red and it Transformers! 

     [ "AEGIS" ]

    1: The password to build/create faster in Age of Empires

      * e.g.,  ... Guy: *Types in AEGIS* HA! >:D 


     [ "AEGIS" ]

    2: Some don't know that if you type this while playing the computer, they will build/create just as fast. *fizzzzzzzzzzz*

      * e.g.,  ... Computer: *Builds faster* 

     [ "Aegis" ]

    1: Some big tiddy anime girl with barely any clothing who is also some other big tiddy anime girl with a bit more clothing but still isnt as cool as my nibba alvis or (monado)

      * e.g.,  ... "WOTS DA MADA, AH U DEE AEGIS OR AHNCH CHA " 

     [ "AEGIS" ]

    1: A class of cruiser used by the United States Navy. It is equipped with a powerful SPY radar system and considerable anit-aircraft capabilities.

      * e.g.,  ... The USS Port Royal, an AEGIS-class cruiser, was assigned to the John Stennis' carrier battle group. 

     [ "AEGIS" ]

    1: stands for: Alien Exterminating Global Intercept System A secret branch of the global military that hunts down invaders and protects the smiles of tomorrow.

      * e.g.,  ... I just got recruited to AEGIS because I'm a gatekeeper. 


     [ "AEGIS" ]

    2: Many associated with the organization are referred to as GateKeepers.

     [ "Aegis" ]

    1: A word that is pronounced AYE-JUHS and not EEH-JUHS, no matter what the internet says, because everyone pronounces it the former

      * e.g.,  ... I can't believe someone pronounced aegis as "eh-juhs". We have to crucify them 

     [ "AEGIS" ]

    1: scamming occupation, one that you will constantly be a burden to the employee. Often this is in the form of lost wages, bonuses, time punches, scheduling misconformities, etc.

      * e.g.,  ... You should quit, it is such an Aegis. 

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