Mars Hear it!

Mars Definition

Mars (märz)

noun

  1. Rom. Myth. the god of war; identified with the Greek Ares
  2. war
  3. 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.

—Repplier, Agnes

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.

—Laver,James