Definition of Uranus
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(Greek mythology) god of the heavens; son and husband of Gaea and father of the Titans in ancient mythology
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- Ouranos
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Greek deity
a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks
a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 7th planet from the sun has a blue-green color and many satellites
"Uranus was discovered by William Herschel in 1781"
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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)
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outer planet
(astronomy) a major planet whose orbit is outside the asteroid belt (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto)
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superior planet
any of the planets whose orbit lies outside the earth's orbit
Vocabulary Lists for Uranus
- Aesculapius
- Apollo
- Ares
- Artemis
- Asclepius
- tuna
- bulbous
- vaginal
- Uranus
- flatulence