neptune Synonyms
neptune Meaning
neptune (n)
(Roman mythology) god of the sea; counterpart of Greek Poseidon
a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 8th planet from the sun is the most remote of the gas giants
neptune (n.)
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.
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.
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(Roman mythology) god of the sea; counterpart of Greek Poseidon, a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 8th planet from the sun is the most remote of
ocean,sea, seven seas, blue,waters, high seas, blue water, basin, deep,brine
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The icy blue giant Neptune reigns as the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun.
Neptune's swirling atmosphere boasts the fastest winds in the solar system.
The Great Dark Spot on Neptune is a massive storm that persisted for several Earth years.
Neptune's largest moon, Triton, is a captured Kuiper Belt object with a retrograde orbit.
