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Uranus

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: Uranus

1
 n
(Greek mythology) god of the heavens; son and husband of Gaea and father of the Titans in ancient mythology
2
 n
a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 7th planet from the sun has a blue-green color and many satellites
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: Uranus
1

n (Greek mythology) god of the heavens; son and husband of Gaea and father of the Titans in ancient mythology

Synonyms:
Ouranos
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Greek deity
a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks
2

n 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”
Example of:
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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