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1. (n.) Neptune
the Roman god of the sea, identified with the Greek god Poseidon.
2. Neptune
the sea or ocean:
Neptune's mighty roar.
3. Neptune
the planet eighth in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 30,200 mi. (48,600 km), a mean distance from the sun of 2794.4 million mi. (4497.1 million km), a period of revolution of 164.81 years, and at least six moons.
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Neptune
(Roman mythology) god of the sea; counterpart of Greek Poseidon
2. (noun) Neptune
a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 8th planet from the sun is the most remote of the gas giants
"the existence of Neptune was predicted from perturbations in the orbit of Uranus and it was then identified in 1846"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) neptune
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. (noun) neptune
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
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. neptune
the chief marine deity of the Romans, and identified with the Poseidon of the Greeks, is represented with a trident in his hand as his sceptre.
2. neptune
the remotest planet of the solar system at present known; it is twice as far distant from the sun as Uranus (q. v.) is, deemed before its discovery the remotest; its diameter is four times greater than that of the earth, and it takes 60,126 days to revolve round the sun, accompanied by a solitary satellite; it was discovered in 1846 by Adams (q. v.) and Leverrier (q. v.), who were guided to the spot where they found it from the effect of its neighbourhood on the movements of Uranus.
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. neptune
The eighth planet in order from the sun. It is one of the five outer planets of the solar system. Its two natural satellites are Nereid and Triton.
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