- 1. 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. Source: opted
- 2. n. 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. Source: opted
- 3. 1. (Rom. Myth.) 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. 2. (Astron.) 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. Neptune powder, an explosive containing nitroglycerin, -- used in blasting. -- Neptune's cup (Zoöl.), a very large, cup-shaped, marine sponge (Thalassema Neptuni). Source: webster
- 4. The son of Saturn and Ops, the god of the waters, especially ofthe sea. He is represented as bearing a trident for a scepter. Source: adambom
- 5. n. (Roman mythology) god of the sea; counterpart of Greek Poseidon n. a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 8th planet from the sun is the most remote of the gas giants Source: ecdict
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