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
14 April 2025
(noun) maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system; “in focus”; “out of focus”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.