centaur A centaur ( ; grc, κένταυρος, kéntauros; ), or occasionally hippocentaur, is a creature from Greek mythology with the upper body of a human and the lower body and legs of a horse. Centaurs are thought of in many Greek myths as being ...

is creature from Greek mythology that is half human, half horse. Centaur, Centaurs or The Centaur may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Fictional entities

* USS ''Centaur'', a spaceship in ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''s "

A Time to Stand "A Time to Stand" is the first episode of the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (season 6), sixth season of the television series ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', and the 125th episode overall. This episode was broadcast on television starting on Septembe ...

" * Narnian Centaurs, in C. S. Lewis's ''Chronicles of Narnia'' * Centaur (''Dungeons & Dragons'')

Film and television

* ''Centaur'' (2016 film), a Kyrgyzstani film * ''Centaur'' (2023 film), a Russian film * ''The Centaurs'' (1921 film), an animated film

Literature

* ''

The Centaur ''The Centaur'' is a novel by John Updike, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1963. It won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. Portions of the novel first appeared in ''Esquire'' and ''The New Yorker''. Algernon Blackwood * Centaur Publications (1938–1942), one of the earliest American comic book publishers

Music

* Centaur, an American rock band formed in 2000 by

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founder Matt Talbott * "The Centaur," a song by Buck 65 from the 1997 album ''

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Businesses and organisations

* Centaur Media, a British marketing company *

Centaur Film Company The Centaur Film Company was an American motion picture production company founded in 1907 in Bayonne, New Jersey, by William and David Horsley. It was the first independent motion picture production company in the United States. In 1909 the comp ...

, American motion picture production company founded in 1907 *

Centaur Press Centaur Press, later renamed Centaur Books, was a New York-based small publisher active from the late 1960s through 1981. The press was founded by Charles M. Collins and Donald M. Grant. It was primarily a paperback publisher, though one of ...

, later Centaur Books, a New York small publisher, from late 1960s to 1981 *

Centaur Press (British publisher) Jon Linden Wynne-Tyson (6 July 1924 – 26 March 2020) was an English author, publisher, Walters, Kerry S., Portmess, Lisa, 1999, ''Ethical Vegetarianism: From Pythagoras to Peter Singer'', SUNY Press, p. 233, . Quaker, activist and pacifist, w ...

, 1954–1998 * Centaur Publications, also known as Centaur Comics, an early American comic book publisher * Centaur Records, a classical music record label in America *

Centaur Technology Centaur Technology is an x86 CPU design company started in 1995 and subsequently a wholly owned subsidiary of VIA Technologies. In 2015, the documentary ''Rise of the Centaur'' covered the early history of the company. History Centaur Technolog ...

, a CPU design company

Military

* Centaur tank, a development of the British Cromwell tank * AHS ''Centaur'', an Australian hospital ship sunk by the Japanese during World War II * HMS ''Centaur'', the name of several Royal Navy ships ** ''Centaur''-class aircraft carrier *

Centaur-class fast assault craft The Project 58181 Centaur (''Kentavr'')/Project 58503 Centaur-LK class is a series of small armored assault craft being built for the Ukrainian Navy. The first two vessels were laid down at the Kuznya na Rybalskomu in December 2016. The 58181 pro ...

, of the Ukrainian Navy

Science and technology

Centaur (computing) POWER8 is a family of superscalar multi-core microprocessors based on the Power ISA, announced in August 2013 at the Hot Chips conference. The designs are available for licensing under the OpenPOWER Foundation, which is the first time for s ...

, a memory buffer chip in POWER8 microprocessors * Centaur (rocket stage), used for space launches * Centaur (small Solar System body), orbiting between Jupiter and Neptune

Transportation

* ''Centaur'' (1849 ship), a brig shipwrecked off Western Australia * , an 1895 Thames sailing barge * Acme Centaur, a development of the 1945 Stinson L-13 aircraft * Rambler Centaur, a 1962 show car by American Motors

Other uses

Centaur (pinball) ''Centaur'' is a pinball machine designed by Jim Patla and produced by Bally. The game was inspired by the classic Bally's 1956 ''Balls-A-Poppin'' that was the first flipper pinball machine with multiball. Because of its success, the pinball mach ...

, a pinball machine *

Centaur (typeface) Centaur is a serif typeface by book and typeface designer Bruce Rogers, based on the Renaissance-period printing of Nicolas Jenson around 1470. He used it for his design of the Oxford Lectern Bible. It was given widespread release by the Britis ...

, a serif typeface * Centaur chess, or advanced chess *

Centaur Theatre The Centaur Theatre Company is a theatre company based in Montreal, Quebec. It was co-founded in 1969 by Maurice Podbrey along with The Centaur Foundation for the Performing Arts. It currently has Eda Holmes as the Artistic and Executive Director, ...

, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada