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5 words match “URANUS”

URANUS n. 2 definitions
The son or husband of Gaia (Earth), and father of Chronos (Time) and the Titans.
GEORGIUM SIDUS n.
The planet Uranus, so named by its discoverer, Sir W. Herschel.
HERSCHEL n.
See Uranus.
SOLAR a.
o in number, of which the Earth has one (see Moon.), Mars two, Jupiter five, Saturn nine, Uranus four, and Neptune one. The asteroids, between Mars and Jupiter, thus far discovered (1900), number about five hundred, the first four of which were found near the beginning of the century, and are called Ceres, Pallas, Juno…
URANIAN a.
Of or pertaining to the planet Uranus; as, the Uranian year.