About The Word Jupiter
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Jupiter
Jupiter Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Jupiter?
[n] the largest planet and the 5th from the sun; has many satellites
[n] (Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek Zeus Synonyms | Synonyms for Jupiter: Jove Related Terms | Find terms related to Jupiter: Agdistis | Amor | Aphrodite | Apollo | Apollon | Ares | Artemis | asteroid | Ate | Athena | Bacchus | Ceres | Cora | Cronus | Cupid | Cybele | Demeter | Despoina | Diana | Dionysus | Dis | Earth | Eros | Gaea | Gaia | Ge | Great Mother | Hades | Helios | Hephaestus | Hera | Here | Hermes | Hestia | Hymen | Hyperion | inferior planet | Jove | Juno | Jupiter Fidius | Jupiter Fulgur | Jupiter Optimus Maximus | Jupiter Pluvius | Jupiter Tonans | Kore | Kronos | Magna Mater | major planet | Mars | Mercury | Minerva | minor planet | Mithras | Momus | Neptune | Nike | Olympians | Olympic gods | Ops | Orcus | Persephassa | Persephone | Phoebus | Phoebus Apollo | planet | planetoid | Pluto | Poseidon | Proserpina | Proserpine | Rhea | Saturn | secondary planet | solar system | superior planet | Tellus | terrestrial planet | Uranus | Venus | Vesta | Vulcan | wanderer | Zeus See Also | Best and Greatest | gas giant | Jovian planet | Jupiter Fidius | Jupiter Fulgur | Jupiter Fulminator | Jupiter Optimus Maximus | Jupiter Pluvius | Jupiter Tonans | Lightning Hurler | Protector of Boundaries | Rain-giver | Roman deity | solar system | Thunderer Jupiter In Webster's Dictionary \Ju"pi*ter\, n. [L., fr. Jovis pater. See {Jove}.]
1. (Rom. Myth.) 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.
2. (Astron.) 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.
{Jupiter's beard}. (Bot.)
(a) A South European herb, with cymes of small red
blossoms ({Centranthus ruber}).
(b) The houseleek ({Sempervivum tectorum}); -- so called
from its massive inflorescence, like the sculptured
beard of Jove. --Prior.
(c) the cloverlike {Anthyllis Barba-Jovis}.
{Jupiter's staff} (Bot.), the common mullein; -- so called
from its long, rigid spike of yellow blossoms.
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