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821 Etymology dictionary, p. Jovian (adj.).2
1520s, "of Jove," from Late Latin Iovianus, from Latin Iovis (see Jove ) + -ian. Meaning "of the planet Jupiter" is recorded from 1794. Classical Latin Iovianus was a masculine proper name.
822 Etymology dictionary, p. Jovicentric (adj.).2
"with (the planet) Jupiter at the center," 1826; see Jove + -centric .
823 Etymology dictionary, p. Jupiter (n.).3
… superior planets from late 13c. in English, from Latin ( Iovis stella ). The Latin word also meant "heaven, sky, air," hence sub Iove "in the open air." As god of the sky he …
824 Etymology dictionary, p. magnetosphere (n.).2
coined 1959, from magneto- + sphere. So called because it is the region around the earth (and some other planets) in which the magnetic field of the planet plays a dominant role in the motion of particles.
825 Etymology dictionary, p. Mars.2
… -orange planet in the heavens; late 14c. as the name of the Roman god of war, from Latin Mars (stem *Mawort- ), the Roman god of war (identified with Greek Ares ), a name of …
826 Etymology dictionary, p. Mars.3
… . The planet was so named by the Romans, no doubt for its blood-like color. The Greeks also called the planet Pyroeis "the fiery." Also in medieval alchemy, "iron" (late …
827 Etymology dictionary, p. Mardi Gras (n.).2
… the planet Mars;" see Tuesday ) + gras "fat," from Latin crassus, "thick," which is of unknown origin.
828 Etymology dictionary, p. martial (adj.).2
… the planet Mars" (1620s). Related: Martially. Martial law, "military rule over civilians," first recorded 1530s. Martial arts (1909) as a collective name for the fighting …
829 Etymology dictionary, p. Martian (adj.).2
… the planet Mars" (originally in reference to astrological influence), from Latin Martius "sacred to (the god) Mars; pertaining to (the planet) Mars," from Mars (genitive …
830 Etymology dictionary, p. mercurial (adj.).2
… the planet Mercury," from Latin Mercurialis, from Mercurius (see Mercury ). Meaning "pertaining to the god Mercury, having the form or qualities attributed to …
831 Etymology dictionary, p. mercury (n.).2
… the planet for its mobility. The others were Sun/gold, Moon/silver, Mars/iron, Saturn/lead, Jupiter/tin, Venus/copper.
832 Etymology dictionary, p. Mercury.4
The planet closest to the sun was so called in classical Latin (c. 1300 in English). A hypothetical inhabitant of the planet was a Mercurean (1855) or a Mercurian (1755). For the metallic element, see mercury .
833 Etymology dictionary, p. moon (n.).4
Extended 1665 to satellites of other planets. Typical of a place impossible to reach or a thing impossible to obtain, by 1590s. Meaning "a month, the period of the revolution of the moon about the earth" is from late 14c.
834 Etymology dictionary, p. Neptune.3
The planet so named was discovered by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle (1812-1910) on the night of Sept. 23-24, 1846 and named by French astronomer Urbain …
835 Etymology dictionary, p. Neptune.4
… a planet. Until the identification of Pluto in 1930 (and again since that planet's demotion), it was the most distant known planet of the solar system.
836 Etymology dictionary, p. Neptunian (adj.).2
… the planet Neptune" it is recorded from 1870.
837 Etymology dictionary, p. neptunium (n.).2
transuranic element, 1941, from Neptune + element ending -ium. Named for its relative position in the periodic table, next after uranium, as the planet Neptune is one beyond Uranus. See also plutonium .
838 Etymology dictionary, p. orb (n.).3
… the planets and the stars through their heavenly motions in the Ptolemaic system. Used poetically of the earth, sun, or moon from 1590s; used rhetorically …
839 Etymology dictionary, p. orbit (n.).2
… a planet or comet" (recorded in English from 1690s; later also of artificial satellites) was in classical Latin and was revived in Gerard of Cremona's translation …
840 Etymology dictionary, p. orrery (n.).2
… the planets in their orbits, 1713, invented c. 1704 by English clockmaker George Graham (1673-1751) and constructed by instrument maker John Rowley. Graham …