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Neptune : (noun)
1: (Roman mythology) god of the sea; counterpart of Greek
Poseidon [syn: Neptune]
2: a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 8th planet
from the sun [syn: Neptune]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Neptune : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Neptune :
A hypertext system for computer assisted software engineering,
developed at Tektronix.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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