Centaur (disambiguation)

In Greek mythology, a centaur is creature that is half human, half horse.

Centaur may also refer to:

Computing

• Centaur (computing), an external memory controller for the POWER8 processors
• Centaur Technology, a CPU design company

Film and TV

• The Centaurs (1921 film), an animation by Winsor McCay
• Centaur (2016 film), a 2016 Kyrgyzstani film
• USS Centaur, a fictional spaceship from the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "A Time to Stand"

Literature

• Narnian Centaurs, the representation of centaurs in C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia
• The Centaur, a 1963 novel by John Updike
• Centaur Publications (1938–1942), one of the earliest American comic book publishers

Military

• Centaur tank, a British World War II tank
• AHS Centaur, an Australian hospital ship sunk by the Japanese during World War II
• HMS Centaur, the name of five different Royal Navy warships

Music

• Centaur, an American rock band formed in 2000 by Hum founder Matt Talbott.
• "The Centaur," a song by Buck 65 from the album Vertex
• Centaur Records, a classical music record label in America

Space

• Centaurus, a constellation
• Centaur (small Solar System body), a class of small Solar System bodies orbiting between Jupiter and Neptune
• Centaur (rocket stage), an American rocket stage used for space launches

Transportation

• Acme Centaur, a conversion program for the Stinson L-13 aircraft
• Centaur (1849 ship), a brig shipwrecked off Western Australia
• Rambler Centaur, a 1962 show car by American Motors
• SB Centaur, an 1895 Thames sailing barge

Other uses

• Centaur (typeface), a 20th-century serif typeface based on Renaissance models
• Centaur (pinball), a pinball machine
• Centaur (chess), a fairy chess piece that can move like a mann or a knight
• Centaur, a freestyle chess player in advanced chess
• Centaur Media, a UK marketing company

See also

• Centaure (disambiguation)
• Centauri (disambiguation)
• Centaurus (disambiguation)