Saturn
Saturn definition
Sat·urn (sat′ərn)
noun
- Rom. Myth. the god of agriculture: identified with the Greek Cronus
- the second largest planet of the solar system and the sixth in distance from the sun: it has a thin, icy ring system around its equator: diameter, c. 120,540 km (c. 74,900 mi); period of revolution, 29.46 earth years; period of rotation, 10.66 hours; 47 satellites; symbol, ♄
Etymology: ML use of L Saturnus
Alchemy lead (sense )
Etymology: ME Saturne < OE < L Saturnus < Etr
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