Uranus

Uranus Definition

Ura·nus (yo̵or′ə nəs, yo̵o rā′-)

noun

Gr. Myth. a god who is the personification of the heavens, the son and husband of Gaea (Earth) and father of the Titans, Furies, and Cyclopes: he is overthrown by his son Cronus (Saturn)
Etymology: ModL
the third largest planet of the solar system and the seventh in distance from the sun: it has a system of thin rings around the equator: diameter, c. 51,120 km (c. 31,770 mi); period of revolution, c. 84.01 earth years; period of rotation (retrograde), c. 17.24 hours around an axis tilted 98° to its orbital plane; 27 satellites; symbol, ♅

Etymology: LL < Gr Ouranos, lit., heaven

Uranus Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

transit: I actually love uranus transits becuase they are such great evidence of astrology in action.

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