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[syn: Jupiter, Jove]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Jupiter \Ju"pi*ter\, n. [L., fr. Jovis pater. See Jove.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Rom. Myth.) The supreme deity, king of gods and men, and
reputed to be the son of Saturn and Rhea; Jove. He
corresponds to the Greek Zeus.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Astron.) One of the planets, being the fifth from the
sun, the brightest except Venus, and the largest of them
all, its mean radius being about 43,345 miles (69,758
kilometers), almost exactly one-tenth that of the sun. It
revolves about the sun in 4,332.6 days, at a mean distance
of 5.2025 from the sun (778,140,000 km), the earth's mean
distance (the astronomical unit) being taken as unity. It
has a mass of 1.901 x 10^27 kg, about one-thousandth
that of the sun, and more than the remainder of the
planets combined. It has an average solar day equal to
9.842 earth hours. The rapid revolution causes a
noticeable flattening at the poles; the diameter at the
equator is 71,370 km, and at the poles 66,644 km. --HCP61
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Jupiter's beard. (Bot.)
(a) A South European herb, with cymes of small red
blossoms (Centranthus ruber).
(b) The houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum); -- so called
from its massive inflorescence, like the sculptured
beard of Jove. --Prior.
(c) the cloverlike Anthyllis Barba-Jovis.
Jupiter's staff (Bot.), the common mullein; -- so called
from its long, rigid spike of yellow blossoms. Jupon
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Jupiter
n 1: the largest planet and the 5th from the sun; has many
satellites and is one of the brightest objects in the night
sky
2: (Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek
Zeus [syn: Jupiter, Jove]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
83 Moby Thesaurus words for "Jupiter":
Agdistis, Amor, Aphrodite, Apollo, Apollon, Ares, Artemis, Ate,
Athena, Bacchus, Ceres, Cora, Cronus, Cupid, Cybele, Demeter,
Despoina, Diana, Dionysus, Dis, Earth, Eros, Gaea, Gaia, Ge,
Great Mother, Hades, Helios, Hephaestus, Hera, Here, Hermes,
Hestia, Hymen, Hyperion, Jove, Juno, Jupiter Fidius,
Jupiter Fulgur, Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Jupiter Pluvius,
Jupiter Tonans, Kore, Kronos, Magna Mater, Mars, Mercury, Minerva,
Mithras, Momus, Neptune, Nike, Olympians, Olympic gods, Ops, Orcus,
Persephassa, Persephone, Phoebus, Phoebus Apollo, Pluto, Poseidon,
Proserpina, Proserpine, Rhea, Saturn, Tellus, Uranus, Venus, Vesta,
Vulcan, Zeus, asteroid, inferior planet, major planet,
minor planet, planet, planetoid, secondary planet, solar system,
superior planet, terrestrial planet, wanderer
The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):
jupiter
vt.
[IRC] To kill an IRC bot or user and then take its place by adopting
its nick so that it cannot reconnect. Named after a particular IRC user
who did this to NickServ, the robot in charge of preventing people from
inadvertently using a nick claimed by another user. Now commonly shortened
to jupe.
K
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
jupiter
To kill an IRC robot or user and then take its place by
adopting its nick so that it cannot reconnect. Named after
a particular IRC user who did this to NickServ, the robot in
charge of preventing people from inadvertently using a nick
claimed by another user.
[Jargon File]
(1994-11-23)
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:
Jupiter
the principal deity of the ancient Greeks and Romans. He was
worshipped by them under various epithets. Barnabas was
identified with this god by the Lycaonians (Acts 14:12), because
he was of stately and commanding presence, as they supposed
Jupiter to be. There was a temple dedicated to this god outside
the gates of Lystra (14:13).
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's):
Jupiter, the father that helpeth
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Jupiter, FL -- U.S. town in Florida
Population (2000): 39328
Housing Units (2000): 20943
Land area (2000): 19.998551 sq. miles (51.796007 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.125379 sq. miles (2.914719 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 21.123930 sq. miles (54.710726 sq. km)
FIPS code: 35875
Located within: Florida (FL), FIPS 12
Location: 26.925985 N, 80.104963 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 33458 33477 33478
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Jupiter, FL
Jupiter