1.
[syn: Ouranos, Uranus]
2. a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 7th planet from the sun has a blue-green color and many satellites;
- Example: "Uranus was discovered by William Herschel in 1781"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Uranus \U"ra*nus\ (-n[u^]s), n. [L. Uranus, Gr. O'yrano`s
Uranus, o'yrano`s heaven, sky. Cf. Uranium.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Gr. Myth.) The son or husband of Gaia (Earth), and father
of Chronos (Time) and the Titans.
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2. (Astron.) One of the primary planets. It is about
1,800,000,000 miles from the sun, about 36,000 miles in
diameter, and its period of revolution round the sun is
nearly 84 of our years.
[1913 Webster]
Note: This planet has also been called Herschel, from Sir
William Herschel, who discovered it in 1781, and who
named it Georgium Sidus, in honor of George III.,
then King of England.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Uranus
n 1: (Greek mythology) god of the heavens; son and husband of
Gaea and father of the Titans in ancient mythology [syn:
Ouranos, Uranus]
2: a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 7th planet
from the sun has a blue-green color and many satellites;
"Uranus was discovered by William Herschel in 1781"
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
Uranus
Hideyuki Nakashima , 1993. A logic-based
knowledge representation language. An extension of Prolog
written in Common Lisp, with Lisp-like syntax. Extends Prolog
with a multiple world mechanism, plus term descriptions to
provide functional programming.
(ftp://etlport.etl.go.jp/pub/uranus/ftp).