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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Uranus \U"ra*nus\ (-n[u^]s), n. [L. Uranus, Gr. O'yrano`s
     Uranus, o'yrano`s heaven, sky. Cf. {Uranium}.]
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     1. (Gr. Myth.) The son or husband of Gaia (Earth), and father
        of Chronos (Time) and the Titans.
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     2. (Astron.) One of the primary planets. It is about
        1,800,000,000 miles from the sun, about 36,000 miles in
        diameter, and its period of revolution round the sun is
        nearly 84 of our years.
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     Note: This planet has also been called {Herschel}, from Sir
           William Herschel, who discovered it in 1781, and who
           named it {Georgium Sidus}, in honor of George III.,
           then King of England.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Herschel \Her"schel\, n. (Astron.)
     See {Uranus}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Herschel
       n 1: English astronomer (son of William Herschel) who extended
            the catalogue of stars to the southern hemisphere and
            did pioneering work in photography (1792-1871) [syn: {John
            Herschel}, {Sir John Herschel}, {Sir John Frederick
            William Herschel}]
       2: English astronomer (born in Germany) who discovered infrared
          light and who catalogued the stars and discovered the
          planet Uranus (1738-1822) [syn: {William Herschel}, {Sir
          William Herschel}, {Sir Frederick William Herschel}]

















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