Castor

Contents 1 Science and technology 1.1 Biology 1.2 Transport 2 People 2.1 First name 2.2 Surname 2.3 Fiction 3 Places 4 Other uses 5 See also

Castor derives from the Greek: Κάστωρ (Kastōr), meaning "beaver", or "he who excels". It originally referred to Castor, one of the Dioscuri/Gemini twins of Graeco-Roman mythology.

Castor or CASTOR may also refer to:

Science and technology

• Castor (star), α Geminorum
• Castor (software), data binding framework for Java
• CASTOR (nuclear waste) (cask for storage and transport of radioactive material), containers used to transport highly radioactive nuclear waste
• CASTOR experiment, "Centauro and Strange Object Research", measurement tool in the Compact Muon Solenoid experiment at CERN
• CERN Advanced Storage Manager (CASTOR)

Biology

• Castor oil plant, plant from which castor bean grows
  • Castor oil, oil of the castor bean
  • Castor wax, type of wax produced from castor oil
• Castor (genus), genus name of the beaver
  • Castoreum, natural scent derived from the beaver
• Superfine sugar, also called caster sugar

Transport

• Caster, a type of wheel (spelling variant)
  • Caster angle, alignment in the vertical longitudinal plane of a motor vehicle's wheels (a misspelling of caster)
• Castor (rocket stage), built by Thiokol
• A steam locomotive of the South Devon Railway Eagle class
• HMS Castor, four ships of the Royal Navy
• USS Castor, two ships of the United States Navy
• Castor, Krebs class (Type 340) minesweeper, of the German Navy

People

First name

• Castor of Rhodes, Greek grammarian and rhetorician
• Castor Cantero (born 1918), Paraguayan football player
• Castor McCord (1907–1963), American jazz saxophonist
• Drusus Julius Caesar (13 BC-23 CE), Roman consul, son of the Emperor Tiberius, nicknamed "Castor"
• Saint Castor, the name of several Christian saints
  • Castor of Apt (died ca. 420), French bishop of Apt
  • Castor of Karden (died ca. 400), German priest and hermit
  • St. Castor & Dorotheus, Armenian early martyrs

Surname

• Betty Castor (born 1941), American educator and politician
• Brian Castor (1889–1979), English cricketer
• Bruce Castor (born 1961), American lawyer and politician
• George A. Castor (1855–1906), American politician
• Jimmy Castor (born 1947), American musician
• Kathy Castor (born 1966), American politician
• Stacey Castor (born 1968), American murderer

Fiction

• Castor Oyl, fictional character in the Popeye cartoons
• Castor Troy, fictional character in the 1997 movie Face/Off, portrayed by Nicolas Cage and John Travolta
• Castor, fictional character in the video game Spartan: Total Warrior
• Lord Castor, fictional character in the 2007 movie The Harpy
• Castor, fictional character in Tron: Legacy, portrayed by Michael Sheen

Places

• Castor, Alberta, Canada
• Castor, Cambridgeshire, England
• Castor, Louisiana, United States
• Castor (mountain), in the Pennine Alps
• Castor Bay, Auckland, New Zealand
• Castor Creek, Louisiana, United States
• Castor River (Missouri)
• Castor River (Ontario)
• An old name for Caistor St. Edmund, Norfolk, England

Other uses

• Castor (band), American rock band
• Castor Cracking Group, Swedish music group
• The Castor Club, an undergraduate secret society at the University of Toronto

See also

• Caster (disambiguation)

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