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861 Etymology dictionary, p. uranium (n.).2
rare metallic element, 1797, named 1789 in Modern Latin by its discoverer, German chemist and mineralogist Martin Heinrich Klaproth, for the recently found planet Uranus (q.v.).
862 Etymology dictionary, p. Uranus.2
first planet discovered that was not known in ancient times, named for the god of Heaven, husband of Gaia, the Earth, from Latin Uranus, from Greek Ouranos literally …
863 Etymology dictionary, p. Uranus.3
The planet was discovered and identified as such in 1781 by Sir William Herschel (it had been observed before, but mistaken for a star; in 1690 John Flamsteed …
864 Etymology dictionary, p. Uranus.4
The planet was known in English in 1780s as the Georgian Planet; French astronomers began calling Herschel, and ultimately German astronomer Johann Bode …
865 Etymology dictionary, p. Van Allen.2
name of radiation belts around the Earth (and certain other planets), 1959, from U.S. physicist James A. Van Allen (1914-2006), who reported them in 1958.
866 Etymology dictionary, p. Venus.3
… brilliant planet from late 13c., from this sense in Latin (Old English called it morgensteorra and æfensteorra ). The venus fly-trap ( Dionæa muscipula ) was discovered …
867 Etymology dictionary, p. Venusian (n.).2
"(hypothetical) inhabitant of the second planet from the sun," 1866, from Venus + -ian. Middle English had Venerian "one under the influence of the planet Venus; a lover" (late 14c.).
868 Etymology dictionary, p. Vulcan (n.).2
… hypothetical planet between Mercury and the Sun, it is attested from 1860 in English (see intramercurial ). The Roman feast of Vulcanalia was on Aug. 23.
869 Etymology dictionary, p. week (n.).4
… to planets. The Coligny calendar suggests a Celtic division of the month into halves; the regular Greek division of the month was into three decades; and the …
870 Etymology dictionary, p. zeno-.2
late 20c. word-forming element used in reference to the planet Jupiter, from Greek zeno-, combining form from Zeus (see Zeus; also compare Zenobia ).
871 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Anthropology.42
… our planet and the solar system to the cosmos, from nature to the creations of man's mind--arts, laws, institutions, religion. We speak in the same breath of the …
872 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Armenian; Aryan; Religion.2
… . the planet Venus, goddess of beauty, wife of the deified hero Vahagn (Verethraghna). He sprang from heaven, earth, and sea, and overthrew dragons and other evil …
873 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Astrology.11
1. Chiun, Certainly the Planet Saturn
874 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Astrology.13
3. Mazzaloth, or Planet Worship
875 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Astrology.27
… the planets were used as omens, this name of "slain sheep" was naturally applied to them, even as "augury," divination by the flight of birds, came to represent amongst …
876 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Astrology.32
… the planet Saturn takes three years to pass through the constellation Leo, the ravages of lions are predicted to last for that time.
877 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Astrology.37
… the planets were first recognized as distinct from the fixed stars. Probably this discovery was intimately connected with the formation of the constellations …
878 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Astrology.38
… Planet Saturn: One planet is certainly mentioned in Old Testament, and we may safely infer that the other four were known, since this particular planet is …
879 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Astrology.45
… the planet Saturn, and therefore used by the Septuagint as its equivalent, or to an actual error of transcription in the text from which they were translating …
880 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Astrology.46
… the planet Saturn; yet though Kaivan is only mentioned here, the nature of the reference would imply that this deity was one familiar both to speaker and hearers …