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  • Castor (star), α Geminorum
  • Castor (software), a data binding framework for Java
  • Castor bean, a poisonous spurge seed
  • Castor oil, the oil of the castor bean
  • Castor oil plant, the plant from which the castor bean grows
  • Castor wax, a type of wax produced from castor oil
  • Castor angle, alignment in the vertical longitudinal plane of a motor vehicle's wheels (misspelling of caster)
  • CASTOR at CERN is the acronym for CERN Advanced STORage manager, a data storage system used at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland. CERN is the European Laboratory for the Research in Particle Physics.
  • CASTOR, an acronym for "Centauro And Strange Object Research," a forward CMS calorimeter
  • CASTOR is the acronym for Cask for storage and transport of radioactive material (containers used to transport highly nuclear waste)
  • Castor, the genus name of (and in many Romance languages the word for) the beaver
  • the Castor (rocket stage)
  • a variant spelling of caster, a type of wheel
  • on the Saturnian moon Janus (moon)
  • a South Devon Railway 4-4-0ST steam locomotive of the South Devon Railway Eagle class

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HMS Castor

Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Castor. Named after one of the Gemini twins in Greek mythology. Castor also means "he who excels".

  • HMS Castor was a 36-gun fifth-rate captured from the Dutch in 1781 by HMS Flora. One month later she was captured by the French Frippone off Cadiz.
  • HMS Castor was a 32-gun fifth-rate launched in 1785. She was briefly in French hands in 1794, but was recaptured. She was sold in 1819.
  • HMS Castor was a 26-gun fifth-rate launched in 1832. In 1860 she became a training ship. She was sold in 1902.
  • HMS Castor was a C-class light cruiser launched in 1915. She was sold in 1936.

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