Enceladus Definition

ĕn-sĕlə-dəs
noun
A giant who was defeated in battle and buried under Mount Etna by Athena.
American Heritage
A smooth satellite of Saturn having more reflective brightness than any other celestial body in the solar system.
Webster's New World
pronoun

(astronomy) A moon of Saturn.

Wiktionary

(mythology) A giant in Greek mythology.

Wiktionary

Origin of Enceladus

  • From Ancient Greek Ἐγκέλαδος (Enkelados).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin from Greek Enkelados

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Enceladus Sentence Examples

  • A staircase of 900 steps leads to the top. On one of the landings is a huge rudely-carved stone figure of the giant Enceladus, and at the top is an octagon building called the Riesenschloss, surmounted by a colossal copper figure of the Farnese Hercules, 31 ft.

  • The fact that tidal forces are heating up part of the moon Enceladus was remarkable enough.

  • More about Enceladus more images on Mar 9 2005 Cassini will make another close flyby of Enceladus.

  • This unanticipated finding, made on a distant flyby, was subsequently confirmed during two follow-on flybys, one very close to Enceladus.

  • The Cassini spacecraft completed three close flybys of Saturn's enigmatic moon Enceladus between February and July 2005.

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