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neptune
1[ nep-toon, -tyoon ]
noun
- any whelk of the genus Neptunea, especially N. decemcostata, common along the eastern coast of North America and having a shell with seven to ten raised reddish-brown spiral ridges on a pale beige or yellow background.
Neptune
2[ nep-toon, -tyoon ]
noun
- the ancient Roman god of the sea, identified with the Greek god Poseidon.
- the sea or ocean:
Neptune's mighty roar.
- Astronomy. the planet eighth in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 30,200 miles (48,600 km), a mean distance from the sun of 2794.4 million miles (4497.1 million km), a period of revolution of 164.81 years, and two moons.
- a township in E New Jersey.
Neptune
1/ ˈɛː /
noun
- the Roman god of the sea Greek counterpartPoseidon
Neptune
2/ ˈɛː /
noun
- the eighth planet from the sun, having fourteen known satellites, the largest being Triton and Nereid, and a faint planar system of rings or ring fragments. Mean distance from sun: 4497 million km; period of revolution around sun: 164.8 years; period of rotation: 14 to 16 hours; diameter and mass: 4.0 and 17.2 times that of earth respectively
Neptune
/ ĕ′ٴ̅̅′ /
- The eighth planet from the Sun and the fourth largest, with a diameter almost four times that of Earth. Neptune is a gas giant with a very active weather system, exhibiting extremely long and powerful storms with the fastest winds observed in the solar system. Neptune's axis is tilted 28.8° from the plane of its orbit, and its summer and winter seasons each last 40 years. For a period of 20 years out of every 248, Pluto's highly elliptical orbit crosses within that of Neptune. Neptune has four faint rings and 13 known moons and appears blue due to the absorption of red light by the methane within its atmosphere.
- See Table at solar system
Neptune
1- In astronomy , a major planet , the eighth planet from the sun . Neptune is named for the Roman god of the sea. Neptune is similar in size and composition to Uranus . It is usually visible only through a telescope and was discovered in the 1840s. For a period ending in 1999, Pluto's orbit took it inside the orbit of neptune . ( See solar system ; see under “Mythology and Folklore.” )
Neptune
2- The Roman and Greek god who ruled the sea.
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Example Sentences
Reel in some fish and chips at Neptune’s Net They’d take a nap while I drive up to Neptune’s Net.
He won in 2012 with Neptune Collonges and says the grey Kandoo Kid is the "ideal horse for the race".
The game’s blocky bizarro aesthetic has given it global recognition; its free-range exploration on a terrain the size of Neptune has earned it over $3 billion.
Zelensky said Ukraine has successfully tested its first domestically made ballistic weapon and upgraded its cruise missile Neptune to hit ground as well naval targets.
Uranus and Neptune are hard to spot without a telescope, as both planets are blue and orbit in the dim outskirts of the solar system.
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