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Neptune Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Neptune? [n] a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 8th planet from the sun [n] (Roman mythology) god of the sea; counterpart of Greek Poseidon Synonyms \| Synonyms for Neptune: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Neptune: AB \| able seaman \| able-bodied seaman \| Agdistis \| Amor \| Ancient Mariner \| Aphrodite \| Apollo \| Apollon \| Ares \| Argonaut \| Artemis \| asteroid \| Ate \| Athena \| Bacchus \| bluejacket \| buccaneer \| Ceres \| Cora \| Cronus \| Cupid \| Cybele \| Davy \| Davy Jones \| deep-sea man \| Demeter \| Despoina \| Diana \| Dionysus \| Dis \| Dylan \| Earth \| Eros \| fair-weather sailor \| fisherman \| Flying Dutchman \| fresh-water nymph \| Gaea \| Gaia \| Ge \| Great Mother \| Hades \| hearty \| Helios \| Hephaestus \| Hera \| Here \| Hermes \| Hestia \| Hymen \| Hyperion \| inferior planet \| jack \| jack afloat \| jack-tar \| jacky \| Jove \| Juno \| Jupiter \| Jupiter Fidius \| Jupiter Fulgur \| Jupiter Optimus Maximus \| Jupiter Pluvius \| Jupiter Tonans \| kelpie \| Kore \| Kronos \| limey \| limniad \| lobsterman \| Magna Mater \| major planet \| man fish \| mariner \| Mars \| matelot \| Mercury \| mermaid \| merman \| Minerva \| minor planet \| Mithras \| Momus \| naiad \| navigator \| Nereid \| Nereus \| Nike \| nix \| nixie \| ocean nymph \| Oceanid \| Oceanus \| OD \| Olympians \| Olympic gods \| Ops \| Orcus \| Persephassa \| Persephone \| Phoebus \| Phoebus Apollo \| pirate \| planet \| planetoid \| Pluto \| Poseidon \| privateer \| Proserpina \| Proserpine \| Rhea \| sailor \| salt \| Saturn \| sea devil \| sea dog \| sea god \| sea nymph \| sea rover \| seafarer \| seafaring man \| sea-maid \| sea-maiden \| seaman \| secondary planet \| shipman \| siren \| solar system \| superior planet \| tar \| Tellus \| terrestrial planet \| Thetis \| Triton \| undine \| Uranus \| Varuna \| Venus \| Vesta \| viking \| Vulcan \| wanderer \| water dog \| water god \| water spirit \| water sprite \| whaler \| windjammer \| windsailor \| Zeus See Also \| gas giant \| Jovian planet \| Roman deity \| solar system Neptune In Webster's Dictionary \Nep"tune\, n. [L. Neptunus.] 1. (Rom. Myth.) The son of Saturn and Ops, the god of the waters, especially of the sea. He is represented as bearing a trident for a scepter. 2. (Astron.) The remotest known planet of our system, discovered -- as a result of the computations of Leverrier, of Paris -- by Galle, of Berlin, September 23, 1846. Its mean distance from the sun is about 2,775,000,000 miles, and its period of revolution is about 164,78 years. {Neptune powder}, an explosive containing nitroglycerin, -- used in blasting. {Neptune's cup} (Zo["o]l.), a very large, cup-shaped, marine sponge ({Thalassema Neptuni}).

Neptune Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Neptune?

[n] a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 8th planet from the sun
[n] (Roman mythology) god of the sea; counterpart of Greek Poseidon

Synonyms | Synonyms for Neptune:

See Also | gas giant | Jovian planet | Roman deity | solar system

Neptune In Webster's Dictionary

\Nep"tune\, n. [L. Neptunus.]
1. (Rom. Myth.) The son of Saturn and Ops, the god of the
   waters, especially of the sea. He is represented as
   bearing a trident for a scepter.

2. (Astron.) The remotest known planet of our system,
   discovered -- as a result of the computations of
   Leverrier, of Paris -- by Galle, of Berlin, September 23,
   1846. Its mean distance from the sun is about
   2,775,000,000 miles, and its period of revolution is about
   164,78 years.



{Neptune powder}, an explosive containing nitroglycerin, --
   used in blasting.

{Neptune's cup} (Zo["o]l.), a very large, cup-shaped, marine
   sponge ({Thalassema Neptuni}).

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