Jupiter
['dʒuːpɪtə] or ['dʒʊpətɚ]
Definition
(noun.) the largest planet and the 5th from the sun; has many satellites and is one of the brightest objects in the night sky.
(noun.) (Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek Zeus.
Edited by Leopold--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The supreme deity, king of gods and men, and reputed to be the son of Saturn and Rhea; Jove. He corresponds to the Greek Zeus.
(n.) One of the planets, being the brightest except Venus, and the largest of them all, its mean diameter being about 85,000 miles. It revolves about the sun in 4,332.6 days, at a mean distance of 5.2028 from the sun, the earth's mean distance being taken as unity.
Editor: Whitney
Definition
n. the chief god among the Romans the parallel of the Greek Zeus—also Jove: the largest and next to Venus the brightest of the planets.—Jupiter's beard the house-leek.
Edited by Karl
Examples
- Twins, by Jupiter! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- A noseless Cupid or a Jupiter with an eye out or a Venus with a fly-blister on her breast, are not attractive features in a picture. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Well, they are safe so far, said the Demarch thankfully; but, by Jupiter, Maurice, those rascals have heard the rocket go! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The Germans had a Jupiter in Odin, a Mars in Thor, a Venus in Freya, and so on. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The centre of their worship was a temple to the tribal god Jupiter, upon the Alban Mount. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Do you, by Jupiter? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He was able to make out the mountains in the moon, the satellites of Jupiter in rotation, the spots on the revolving sun; but his telescope afforded only an imperfect view of Saturn. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- By Jupiter, I will, if I only get the chance! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He had submitted to rigorous examination the data in reference to the disturbing influence of Jupiter and of Saturn on the orbit of Uranus. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I should like to hear a man breathe a word against her, by Jupiter. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Out of more than one hundred that he ground at first he found only ten that would show him the newly found moons of Jupiter. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- His Judgment of Jupiter was exhibited, and became the talk of the town, but when he opened a studio and began to paint no one offered to buy any of his pictures. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- And by Jupiter, with a kind of cleverness in him too that would astonish you! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- In our modern languages they are named after the sun, the moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn, which from the remotest times were personified and worshiped. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It's the finest idea in the world, and brings tears into a man's eyes, by Jupiter! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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