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Saturn - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Saturn : (noun)
1: a giant planet which is surrounded by three planar
concentric rings of ice particles; 6th planet from the
sun [syn: Saturn]
2: (Roman mythology) god of agriculture and vegetation;
counterpart of Greek Cronus; "Saturday is Saturn's Day"
[syn: Saturn]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Saturn : \Sa"turn\, n. [L. Saturnus, literally, the sower, fr.
serere, satum, to sow. See Season.]
1. (Roman Myth.) One of the elder and principal deities, the
son of C[oe]lus and Terra (Heaven and Earth), and the
father of Jupiter. The corresponding Greek divinity was
Kro`nos, later CHro`nos, Time.
2. (Astron.) One of the planets of the solar system, next in
magnitude to Jupiter, but more remote from the sun. Its
diameter is seventy thousand miles, its mean distance from
the sun nearly eight hundred and eighty millions of miles,
and its year, or periodical revolution round the sun,
nearly twenty-nine years and a half. It is surrounded by a
remarkable system of rings, and has eight satellites.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Saturn |
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CosmicLifeCoach: Abortion restrictions (Pluto square Saturn) sought today in a new amendment introduced in the US Senate. #astrology |
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TWM71: @mandyschneider Cold, yes. It snowed on Saturn's Day; everything has that washed out "the Earth hasn't slept in a gazillion years" look. |
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Sarah4JoeyMac: RT @Chris_Tine17: lol! I loveuRT @HOTTVampChick: @youngq God must have really wanted Saturn because he put a ring on it huh? |
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