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Chi·me·ra

also Chi·mae·ra(kī-mîr′ə, kĭ-)n.
1. Greek Mythology A fire-breathing female monster usually represented as a composite of a lion, goat, and serpent.
2. An imaginary monster made up of grotesquely disparate parts.

chi·me·ra

also chi·mae·ra(kī-mîr′ə, kĭ-)n.1.
a. An organism, organ, or part consisting of two or more tissues of different genetic composition, produced as a result of organ transplant, grafting, or genetic engineering.
b. A gene or protein consisting of parts from two different genes or proteins that are normally distinct, sometimes derived from two different species.
2. An individual who has received a transplant of genetically and immunologically different tissue.
[Middle English chimere, Chimera, from Old French, from Latin chimaera, from Greek khimaira, female goat, Chimera; see ghei- in Indo-European roots.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

chimera

Chimera ant arc (Chimeratool prokaɪˈmɪərə; kɪ-) or

chimaera

n
1. (Classical Myth & Legend) (often capital) Greek myth a fire-breathing monster with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a serpent
2. (Art Terms) a fabulous beast made up of parts taken from various animals
4. (Genetics) biology an organism, esp a cultivated plant, consisting of at least two genetically different kinds of tissue as a result of mutation, grafting, etc
[C16: from Latin chimaera, from Greek khimaira she-goat, from khimaros he-goat]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

chi•me•ra

or chi•mae•ra

(kɪˈmɪər ə, kaɪ-)
n., pl. -ras.
1. (often cap.) a monster of classical myth, commonly represented with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.
2. any horrible or grotesque imaginary creature.
4. an organism composed of two or more genetically distinct tissues.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Latin chimaera < Greek chímaira she-goat; akin to Old Norse gymbr, E gimmer ewe-lamb one year (i.e., one winter) old, Latin hiems winter (see hiemal)]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
Noun1.Chimera - (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon
Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
mythical creature, mythical monster - a monster renowned in folklore and myth
2.chimera - a grotesque product of the imagination
imagery, imaging, mental imagery, imagination - the ability to form mental images of things or events; 'he could still hear her in his imagination'
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

chimera

nounillusion, dream, fantasy, delusion, spectre, snare, hallucination, figment, ignis fatuus, will-o'-the-wispHe spent his life pursuing the chimera of perfect love.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

chimera

nounA fantastic, impracticable plan or desire:
bubble, castle in the air, dream, fantasy, illusion, pipe dream, rainbow.
The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Chiméra
khimaira
Himera
キマイラキメラ
himeraХимера

chimera

[kaɪˈmɪərə]N → Chimeraquimeraf
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

chimera

[kaɪˈmɪərə]n
(= monster) → chimèref
Chimera
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

chimera

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

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  • For more recent changes,use thesnapshotanddailybuilds; they are less tested but usually reliable.

  • 64-bit Releases:

    PlatformInstaller, Size, and ChecksumDateNotes
    Microsoft Windows 64-bitchimera-1.15-win64.exe
    Size: 152310162 bytes
    MD5: 6a68ab33f35a298059b9ef89f6372cfc    		Dec 18, 2020Instructions
    Documentation
    Runs on Windows 7 or later.
    Mac OS X 64-bitchimera-1.15-mac64.dmg
    Size: 191085873 bytes
    MD5: 2debb9ae125af17bd8905bfb1ae6063c    		Dec 18, 2020Instructions
    Documentation
    Runs on Mac OS X 10.12 or later.
    Linux 64-bitchimera-1.15-linux_x86_64.bin
    Size: 154069682 bytes
    MD5: 5c8f48ed5d474ed79df944b58c78eb39    		Dec 18, 2020Instructions
    Documentation
    Compiled on CentOS 5.11.

  • 32-bit releases are no longer supported.

Daily Builds

  • New builds are made when the code changes.
    They are untested but are usually reliableand include new bug fixes not in the production release.

  • 64-bit Builds:

    PlatformInstaller, Size, and ChecksumDateNotes
    Microsoft Windows 64-bitchimera-alpha-win64.exe
    Size: 152344364 bytes
    MD5: 1b102eb613682d5edf368d7995bb30c5    		Apr 21, 2021(See production version for installation instructions)
    Runs on Windows 7 or later.
    Release notes
    Mac OS X 64-bitchimera-alpha-mac64.dmg
    Size: 192119365 bytes
    MD5: 3c2c10acc2c741ee4000e03e2decff50    		Apr 21, 2021(See production version for installation instructions)
    Runs on Mac OS X 10.12 or later.
    Release notes
    Linux 64-bitchimera-alpha-linux_x86_64.bin
    Size: 154087569 bytes
    MD5: e923d5530d859a0a8d8311cb898ce956    		Apr 21, 2021(See production version for installation instructions)
    Compiled on CentOS 5.11.
    Release notes
    Headless Linux 64-bitchimera-alpha-linux_x86_64_osmesa.bin
    Size: 148012648 bytes
    MD5: 88e34117d9add64c353313dbadb0613f    		Apr 21, 2021(See production version for installation instructions)
    For (web) servers. Compiled on CentOS 5.11.
    Release notes

  • 32-bit builds are no longer supported.

Snapshot Releases

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Unsupported Releases

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  • 64-bit Releases:

    PlatformInstaller, Size, and ChecksumDateNotes
    HP Tru64 Unixchimera-1.3-tru64.exe
    Size: 95937093 bytes
    MD5: 7a84b2a39371a077c51bc348db057f28    		Dec 09, 2008Instructions
    Documentation
    Runs on Tru64 5.1B.
    Headless Linux 64-bitchimera-1.15-linux_x86_64_osmesa.bin
    Size: 147996792 bytes
    MD5: 9e0d9cd66645c49c82aa68a508338621    		Dec 18, 2020Instructions
    Documentation
    For (web) servers. Compiled on CentOS 5.11.

  • 32-bit Releases (for small memory computers):

    PlatformInstaller, Size, and ChecksumDateNotes
    Mac OS Xchimera-1.11.2-mac.dmg
    Size: 103774888 bytes
    MD5: fa2ccd9c17c456d71088e81129c862d6    		Dec 02, 2016Instructions
    Documentation
    Runs on Mac OS X 10.8 or later.
    Mac OS X (X Windows)chimera-1.11.2-mac_x11.dmg
    Size: 91230485 bytes
    MD5: a42b0463f5d51ff845cc459cd3de66c3    		Dec 02, 2016Instructions
    Documentation
    Runs on Mac OS X 10.8 or later.
    Linuxchimera-1.11.2-linux.bin
    Size: 119742278 bytes
    MD5: 47dd12fbcbcfe01ea678599dd7001a6b    		Dec 02, 2016Instructions
    Documentation
    Compiled on Debian 4 (etch).
    SGI IRIXchimera-1.3-irix.exe
    Size: 91949632 bytes
    MD5: 503399e4bcddd58d736e686925feefeb    		Dec 09, 2008Instructions
    Documentation
    Runs on IRIX 6.5.10+ with current C++ runtime patches.
    Headless Linuxchimera-1.11.2-linux_osmesa.bin
    Size: 113253259 bytes
    MD5: 4f8b829bf5838566ba7a3afefdccb02d    		Dec 02, 2016Instructions
    Documentation
    For (web) servers. Compiled on Debian 4 (etch).