NEPTUNE

Neptune

(noun) 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”

Neptune

(noun) (Roman mythology) god of the sea; counterpart of Greek Poseidon

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Nep"tune, n. Etym: [L. Neptunus.]

1. (Rom. Myth.)

Definition: 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.)

Definition: 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. Neptune powder, an explosive containing nitroglycerin, -- used in blasting.

– Neptune's cup (Zoöl.), a very large, cup-shaped, marine sponge (Thalassema Neptuni).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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