Neptune Definition

nĕpto͝on, -tyo͝on
noun
The god of the sea: identified with the Greek Poseidon.
Webster's New World
The sea personified.
Webster's New World
The fourth largest planet of the solar system and normally the eighth in distance from the sun: it has a thin, icy ring system around its equator: diameter, c. 49,530 km (c. 30,780 mi); period of revolution, 164.79 earth years; period of rotation, 16.11 hours; 13 satellites; symbol, ♆
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Origin of Neptune

  • Latin Neptūnus

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Neptune Sentence Examples

  • The cathedral of St Januarius, occupying the site of temples of Apollo and Neptune, and still containing some of their original granite columns, was designed by Nicola Pisano, and erected between 1272 and 1316.

  • On the 10th of September 1849 the " Neptune " arrived in Simon's Bay.

  • One of them, Kubera, the god of wealth, is a new figure; whilst another, Varuna, the most spiritual and ethical of Vedic deities - the king of the gods and the universe; the nightly, star-spangled firmament - has become the Indian Neptune, the god of waters.

  • Owing to some misunderstanding, a vessel, the " Neptune, " was despatched to the Cape before the opinion of the colonists had been received, having on board 289 convicts, among whom were John Mitchell, the Irish rebel, and his colleagues.

  • When the home government became aware of the state of affairs orders were sent directing the " Neptune " to proceed to Tasmania, and it did so after having been in Simon's Bay for five months.

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