Dictionary
Ar•i•ane
Pronunciation: (ar"ē-an'; Fr. a-ryan'), [key]—
n.
1. Rocketry.a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
2. a female given name, French form of
Ariadne. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.