Mars
Mars
Definition
Mars (märz)
noun
- Rom. Myth. the god of war; identified with the Greek Ares
- war
- the seventh largest planet of the solar system and the fourth in distance from the sun: diameter, c. 6,790 km (c. 4,220 mi); period of revolution, 1.88 earth years; period of rotation, 24.62 hours; two satellites; symbol, ♂
Etymology: L
Mars Quotes
Science may carry us to Mars, but it will leave the Earth peopled as ever by the inept.
Avisitor from Mars contemplating a man in a frock coat and top hat and a woman in a crinoline might well have supposed that they belonged to different species.
Browse dictionary entries near Mars
- marry off
- marry
- Marruecos
- marrowfat
- marrowbone
- marrow squash
- marrow bean
- marrow
- marrons glacés
- marron
- Marsala
- Marseillaise
- Marseille
- Marseilles
- marsh
- marsh elder
- marsh gas
- marsh hawk
- marsh hen
- marsh mallow
