SATURN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Saturn mean? 

• SATURN (noun)
  The noun SATURN has 2 senses:

1. a giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles; the 6th planet from the sun

2. (Roman mythology) god of agriculture and vegetation; counterpart of Greek Cronus

  Familiarity information: SATURN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SATURN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles; the 6th planet from the sun

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

gas giant; Jovian planet (any of the four outermost planets in the solar system; much larger than Earth and gaseous in nature (like Jupiter))

outer planet ((astronomy) a major planet whose orbit is outside the asteroid belt (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto))

superior planet (any of the planets whose orbit lies outside the earth's orbit)

Holonyms ("Saturn" is a member of...):

solar system (the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(Roman mythology) god of agriculture and vegetation; counterpart of Greek Cronus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

Saturday is Saturn's Day

Instance hypernyms:

Roman deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans)

Domain category:

Roman mythology (the mythology of the ancient Romans)

 Context examples 

Saturn can make you feel very secure, and that is a wonderful feeling.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Researchers used numerous images of Mimas taken by NASA's Cassini mission to determine how much the moon wobbles as it orbits Saturn.

(Saturn Moon May Hide a 'Fossil' Core or an Ocean, NASA)

This view looks toward the anti-Saturn hemisphere of Rhea.

(Regarding Rhea, NASA)

Not so on Saturn’s strange and largest moon Titan, according to a new study.

('Electric Sands' Cover Titan, VOA News)

The predicted altitude for loss of signal is approximately 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) above Saturn's cloud tops.

(Cassini Spacecraft Makes Its Final Approach to Saturn, NASA)

The red arcs are narrow, curved lines on the moon's surface, and are among the most unusual color features on Saturn's moons to be revealed by Cassini's cameras.

(Unusual Red Arcs Spotted on Icy Saturn Moon, NASA)

Unlike Earth's water-clouds, the clouds on these planets may be composed of salt crystals or photochemical hazes, like those found on Saturn's largest moon, Titan.

('Cotton Candy' Planet Mysteries Unravel in New Hubble Observations, NASA)

New research using data from NASA's Cassini mission suggests most of the eruptions from Saturn's moon Enceladus might be diffuse curtains rather than discrete jets.

(Saturn Moon's Activity Could Be 'Curtain Eruptions', NASA)

It takes enormous amounts of energy, such as in the extreme environments within Jupiter and Saturn, to smash the atoms with enough force to overcome their natural aversion.

(Poisonous Earthly Molecule May Be Sign of Extraterrestrial Life, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Khawaja's team used data from the spacecraft's Cosmic Dust Analyzer, or CDA, which detected ice grains emitted from Enceladus into Saturn's E ring.

(New Organic Compounds Found in Enceladus Ice Grains, NASA)