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Definition of Uraus

Uranus, a planet, the outermost but one of the solar system, is 1770 millions of miles from the sun, takes 30,686 of our days, or 84 of our years, to revolve round it, has four times the diameter of the earth, and is accompanied by four moons; it was discovered in 1781 by Herschel, and called by him Georgium Sidus in honour of George III.
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Uranus (Heaven), in the Greek mythology the son of Gaia (the Earth), and by her the father of the Titans; he hated his children, and at birth thrust them down to Tartarus, to the grief of Gaia, at whose instigation Kronos, the youngest born, unmanned him, and seized the throne of the Universe, to be himself supplanted in turn by his son Zeus.
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U"ra*nus (-nŭs), n. [L. Uranus, Gr. O'yrano`s Uranus, o'yrano`s heaven, sky. Cf. Uranium.]

1. (Gr. Myth.) The son or husband of Gaia (Earth), and father of Chronos (Time) and the Titans.

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.

&fist; 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.

U"ra*nus (-nŭs), n. [L. Uranus, Gr. O'yrano`s Uranus, o'yrano`s heaven, sky. Cf. Uranium.]

1. (Gr. Myth.) The son or husband of Gaia (Earth), and father of Chronos (Time) and the Titans.

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.

&fist; 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.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)




Hideyuki Nakashima <nakashim@el.go.jp>, 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.

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  • (Greek mythology) The god of the sky and heavens, son and husband to Gaia, with whom he fathered the Titans.
  • (Astronomy): The seventh planet from the sun, in our solar system.

    Finnish
  • the planet Uranus

    German
  • Uranus

    Latin
  • Uranus ( Greek god of the sky)
  • the sky (personified as a god in Greek mythology)
  • Uranus (planet)
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia



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