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Mars

Mars Meaning & Definition
Mars Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mars?

[n] the 4th planet from the sun
[n] (Roman mythology) Roman god of war and agriculture; father of Romulus and Remus; counterpart of Greek Ares

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mars: Red Planet

Related Terms | Find terms related to Mars: Agdistis | Amor | Aphrodite | Apollo | Apollon | Ares | Artemis | asteroid | Ate | Athena | Bacchus | Bellona | Ceres | Cora | Cronus | Cupid | Cybele | Demeter | Despoina | Diana | Dionysus | Dis | Earth | Enyo | Eros | Gaea | Gaia | Ge | Great Mother | Hades | Helios | Hephaestus | Hera | Here | Hermes | Hestia | Hymen | Hyperion | inferior planet | Jove | Juno | Jupiter | Jupiter Fidius | Jupiter Fulgur | Jupiter Optimus Maximus | Jupiter Pluvius | Jupiter Tonans | Kore | Kronos | Magna Mater | major planet | Mercury | Minerva | minor planet | Mithras | Momus | Neptune | Nike | Odin | 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 | Tiu | Tyr | Uranus | Venus | Vesta | Vulcan | wanderer | Woden | Wotan | Zeus

See Also | Roman deity | solar system | superior planet | terrestrial planet

Mars In Webster's Dictionary

\Mars\, n. [L. Mars, gen. Martis, archaic Mavors, gen. Mavortis.] 1. (Rom. Myth.) The god of war and husbandry. 2. (Astron.) One of the planets of the solar system, the fourth in order from the sun, or the next beyond the earth, having a diameter of about 4,200 miles, a period of 687 days, and a mean distance of 141,000,000 miles. It is conspicuous for the redness of its light. 3. (Alchemy) The metallic element iron, the symbol of which [male] was the same as that of the planet Mars. [Archaic] --Chaucer. {Mars brown}, a bright, somewhat yellowish, brown.

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