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Definition of Jupiter

1. Noun. The largest planet and the 5th from the sun; has many satellites and is one of the brightest objects in the night sky.

2. Noun. (Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek Zeus.

Definition of Jupiter

1. n. The supreme deity, king of gods and men, and reputed to be the son of Saturn and Rhea; Jove. He corresponds to the Greek Zeus.

Definition of Jupiter

1. Proper noun. (astronomy) The fifth and by far the largest planet in the Solar System, a gas giant, represented by the symbol ? in astronomy. Jupiter is known for its Great Red Spot and many moons including the Galilean moons. ¹

2. Proper noun. (Roman god) The King of the Gods, also called Jove. Equivalent to the Greek Zeus, Jupiter was one of the children of Saturn. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Jupiter

1. 1. The supreme deity, king of gods and men, and reputed to be the son of Saturn and Rhea; Jove. He corresponds to the Greek Zeus. 2. One of the planets, being the brightest except Venus, and the largest of them all, its mean diameter being about 85,000 miles. It revolves about the sun in 4,332.6 days, at a mean distance of 5.2028 from the sun, the earth's mean distance being taken as unity. Jupiter's beard. The common mullein; so called from its long, rigid spike of yellow blossoms. Origin: L, fr. Jovis pater. See Jove. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jupiter

junta juntas junto juntocracy juntoes juntos juonniite jupati jupati palm jupatis

jupaty jupe juped jupes juping jupiter jupon jupons juppon juppons

jura jura-trias jural jurally jurant jurants jurat juratory jurats

Literary usage of Jupiter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1904)
"The red-spot region of Denning, WF Jupiter and his markings. ... Rotation periods of the Recent observations of Mars and Jupiter. London, Hon. Not. R. Aetr. ..."

2. Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings edited by John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan Perkins (1887)
"Jupiter Ganymede. Jupiter, See Europa, I whose son Pompeo sold it to Rodolph П. -, was taken to Vienna, and thus escaped the AND GANYMEDE. ..."

3. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by Royal Astronomical Society (1890)
"Jupiter looked, generally, somewhat darker than the Moon, but this seemed rather an effect of colouring than of obscuration. The shadow, of which the sketch ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The names given to these mounts, Jupiter, Saturn, Apollo, Mercury, Venus, Mars and the Moon at once connect the practice of chiromancy with the art of ..."

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