Saturn
['sæt(ə)n] or ['sætɝn]
Definition
(noun.) a giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles; the 6th planet from the sun.
(noun.) (Roman mythology) god of agriculture and vegetation; counterpart of Greek Cronus; 'Saturday is Saturn's Day'.
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Definition
(n.) One of the elder and principal deities, the son of Coelus and Terra (Heaven and Earth), and the father of Jupiter. The corresponding Greek divinity was Kro`nos, later CHro`nos, Time.
(n.) One of the planets of the solar system, next in magnitude to Jupiter, but more remote from the sun. Its diameter is seventy thousand miles, its mean distance from the sun nearly eight hundred and eighty millions of miles, and its year, or periodical revolution round the sun, nearly twenty-nine years and a half. It is surrounded by a remarkable system of rings, and has eight satellites.
(n.) The metal lead.
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Definition
n. the ancient Roman god of agriculture: one of the planets: (her.) a tincture in colour black.—n.pl. Saturnā′lia the annual festival in honour of Saturn a time of unrestrained license and enjoyment.—adjs. Saturnā′lian pertaining to the Saturnalia: riotously merry: dissolute; Satur′nian pertaining to Saturn whose fabulous reign was called 'the golden age:' happy: pure: simple: denoting the verse in which the oldest Latin poems were written; Sat′urnine grave: gloomy: phlegmatic—those born under the planet Saturn being so disposed: pertaining to lead.—n. Sat′urnist (obs.) a gloomy person.—Saturn's ring a ring round and near the planet; Saturn's tree an arborescent deposit of lead from a solution of lead acetate.
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Examples
- Giving full scope to his imagination, he asks if the earth as well as Saturn may not have been surrounded by a ring. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- 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.
- 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.
- In this circulating vaporous disk about the sun differences of density give rise to zones not unlike the rings of Saturn. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- 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.
- Kant was especially stimulated by the analog y between the Milky Way and the rings of Saturn. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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