Titan (disambiguation) - Definition and Overview

Titan, a word that indicates immense size, can mean many things:

Mythology

• In Greek mythology the Titans were the giant divine beings who preceded the Olympian gods.
• In Roman mythology, the Greek god Ouranos (Uranus) has been referred to as Titan

Science

• Titan is the planet Saturn's largest moon.
• The Titan rocket family.

Sports

• The Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (formerly the Houston Oilers, they left Texas for Memphis and eventually settled in Nashville, where they were rechristened.)
• The New York Jets of the NFL were originally known as the New York Titans of the American Football League.
• Denzel Washington played a high school football coach in the film Remember The Titans.

Fantasy and science fiction

• Titan is a fantasy war board game manufactured by Avalon Hill.
• Titan A.E. is an animated sci-fi space adventure movie.
• Titan is the title of a science fiction novel written by Stephen Baxter.
• Titan is the title of the first book in the Gaian Trilogy, written by SF author John Varley.
• Titan is the name of the Fighting Fantasy Game Books world that was created by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone.
• Titans in the tabletop strategy game Warhammer 40,000 are massive mechs armed with powerful weapons.
• Titans (or Asuras) can refer to beings in Asura realm.
• The Titans were an elite counter-insurgency group in the anime Zeta Gundam.

Companies and products

• Titan Corporation, a private military contractor
• Titan is the name of an airline.
• Titan is the name of a German company which produced heavy duty tractors based on standard tractors by MAN and Mercedes-Benz.
• Titan is the name of Nissan's new full size pick up truck.
• Titan is the name of Leyland's double-deck buses produced in the 1970s and 1980s.
• Titan is the brand name of a large watchmaker

See also

• Titanium