Definition of Neptone

Definition of Neptone

Neptune, the chief marine deity of the Romans, and identified with the Poseidon of the Greeks, is represented with a trident in his hand as his sceptre.

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Neptune, the remotest planet of the solar system at present known; it is twice as far distant from the sun as Uranus (q. v.) is, deemed before its discovery the remotest; its diameter is four times greater than that of the earth, and it takes 60,126 days to revolve round the sun, accompanied by a solitary satellite; it was discovered in 1846 by Adams (q. v.) and Leverrier (q. v.), who were guided to the spot where they found it from the effect of its neighbourhood on the movements of Uranus.

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Nep"tune (?), n. [L. Neptunus.] 1. (Rom. Myth.) The son of Saturn and Ops, the god of the waters, especially of the sea. He is represented as bearing a trident for a scepter.

2. (Astron.) The remotest known planet of our system, discovered -- as a result of the computations of Leverrier, of Paris -- by Galle, of Berlin, September 23, 1846. Its mean distance from the sun is about 2,775,000,000 miles, and its period of revolution is about 164,78 years.

Neptune powder, an explosive containing nitroglycerin, -- used in blasting. -- Neptune's cup(Zoöl.), a very large, cup-shaped, marine sponge (Thalassema Neptuni).

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Roman god of the ocean.
the eighth planet in our solar system

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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