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Jupiter Definition And Meaning
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.

Jupiter Definition And Meaning

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

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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