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881 Etymology dictionary, p. terran (adj.).2
"of or pertaining to the planet Earth," 1881, Terrane, in science fiction writing, from Latin terra "earth" (see terra ).
882 Etymology dictionary, p. terran (adj.).3
Also used as a noun meaning "inhabitant of the Earth" (1953). An earlier adjective form, terrene was used in Middle English in the sense of "belonging to this world, earthly, secular, temporal" (c. 1300), later, "of the Earth as a planet" (1630s).
883 Etymology dictionary, p. terrestrial (adj.).3
Hence passing to "pertaining to the world or to the present state, worldly, mundane." The natural history sense of "living on land" is attested from 1630s. In reference to earth-like planets, by 1888.
884 Etymology dictionary, p. titan (n.).3
… to planet Saturn's largest satellite in 1831 (Greek Kronos, equivalent of Roman Saturn, was leader of the titans). It was discovered 1655 by Dutch astronomer …
885 Etymology dictionary, p. transit (n.).2
… a planet across the sun" is from 1660s. Meaning "public transportation" is attested from 1873.
886 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.).
887 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 …
888 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 …
889 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 …
890 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.
891 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 …
892 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.).
893 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.
894 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 …
895 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 ).
896 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 …
897 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 …
898 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Astrology.11
1. Chiun, Certainly the Planet Saturn
899 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Astrology.13
3. Mazzaloth, or Planet Worship
900 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 …