Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Neptune"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Neptune
n 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}]
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