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Saturn

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: Saturn

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(Roman mythology) god of agriculture and vegetation; counterpart of Greek Cronus
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n
a giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles; the 6th planet from the sun
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: Saturn
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n (Roman mythology) god of agriculture and vegetation; counterpart of Greek Cronus

“Saturday is Saturn's Day”
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Roman deity
a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans
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n a giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles; the 6th planet from the sun

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Jovian planet, gas giant
any of the four outermost planets in the solar system; much larger than Earth and gaseous in nature (like Jupiter)
outer planet
(astronomy) a major planet whose orbit is outside the asteroid belt (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto)
superior planet
any of the planets whose orbit lies outside the earth's orbit
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