Uranus Definition
yo͝o-rānəs, yo͝orə-nəs
noun
A god who is the personification of the heavens, the son and husband of Gaea (Earth) and father of the Titans, Furies, and Cyclopes: he is overthrown by his son Cronus (Saturn)
Webster's New World
The third largest planet of the solar system and the seventh in distance from the sun: it has a system of thin rings around the equator: diameter, c. 51,120 km (c. 31,770 mi); period of revolution, c. 84.01 earth years; period of rotation (retrograde), c. 17.24 hours around an axis tilted 98° to its orbital plane; 27 satellites; symbol, ♅
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- ouranos
Origin of Uranus
Late Latin U̯ranus from Greek ouranos heaven, the god Uranus Sense 2, from New Latin U̯ranus since Uranus was Saturn's father just as Saturn was Jupiter's father (thus making the order of the planets' names reflect mythological genealogy)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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