Uranus

3 definitions found

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}.]
     [1913 Webster]
     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.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Uranus
       n 1: (Greek mythology) god of the heavens; son and husband of
            Gaea and father of the Titans in ancient mythology [syn:
             {Ouranos}]
       2: a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; 7th from the
          sun

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Uranus
       
          Hideyuki Nakashima , 1993.  A logic-based
          knowledge representation language.  An extension of Prolog
          written in Common Lisp, with Lisp-like syntax.  Extends Prolog
          with a multiple world mechanism, plus term descriptions to
          provide functional programming.
       
          {(ftp://etlport.etl.go.jp/pub/uranus/ftp)}.