Neptune

Definitions: Neptune

Neptune

Noun

1. (Roman mythology) god of the sea; counterpart of Greek Poseidon.

2. A giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 8th planet from the sun.

Date "Neptune" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Etymology: Neptune \Nep"tune\, noun. [Latin expression Neptunus.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Neptune

Domain	Definitions
Computing	Neptune A hypertext system for computer assisted software engineering, developed at Tektronix. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Aerospace	See planet, table. (references)
Biographical Satire	NEPTUNE, boss of the seas. Has charge of the Atlantic liners, wireless, and the seasick. Ambition: A bridge from London to New York. Recreation: Storms. Address: Atlantic. Clubs: Yacht. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914.
Health	The eighth planet in order from the sun. It is one of the five outer planets of the solar system. Its two natural satellites are Nereid and Triton. (references)
Literature	Neptune (2 syl.). The sea, In Roman mythology, the divine monarch of the ocean. (See Ben .) A son of Neptune. A seaman or sailor. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Space	Eighth planet from the sun, a gas giant or Jovian planet. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Neptune

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Neptune can refer to different things:

Neptune, the planet
Neptune, the god in Roman mythology
Neptune, New Jersey
- Neptune Township, New Jersey
- Neptune City, New Jersey

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Neptune."

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Synonyms within Context: Neptune

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Ocean	Hydrography, hydrographer; Neptune, Poseidon, Thetis, Triton, Naiad, Nereid; sea nymph, Siren; trident, dolphin.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Neptune

English words defined with "Neptune": Benjamin Peirce ♦ Neptunicentric ♦ Peirce, Poseidon ♦ Sea god, solar system. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Neptune": 07753 ♦ 32266 ♦ Ages, Albion the Giant, Amphitrite, Arion, Attingians ♦ Calauri'a, Cerulean Brother of Jove, Chariots, Consentes Dii, Cut neither Nails nor Hair at Sea ♦ Father Neptune, Florimel ♦ giant planets, Gods ♦ major planets ♦ neptunism ♦ outer planets ♦ Planetary magnetospheres, Planets, principal planets ♦ Quos Ego ♦ Sea Deities, Shields, superior planets ♦ University of London Computing Centre ♦ Varun'a. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Neptune" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

French (Neptune).

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Modern Usage: Neptune

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	In a related matter, you'll all be delivering a sack of children's letters directly to Santa at his death fortress on Neptune. (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert) I kind of expected Neptune. (This Island Earth; writing credit: Raymond F. Jones; Franklin Coen) And watching over them from Centre Neptune, 7-Zark-7! (Battle of the Planets; writing credit: Souleymane Cissé)
Lyrics	Get you bling like the Neptune sound ("I Just Wanna Love U (Give it 2 Me)"; performing artist: Jay-Z) Titanian, Neptune, Titan, stars can frighten ("Astronomy domine"; performing artist: Pink Floyd)
Movie/TV Titles	The Neptune Factor (1973) Neptune Mission (1958) Operation Neptune (1953) Neptune Nonsense (1936) King Neptune (1932)
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Commercial Usage: Neptune

Domain	Title
References	Neptune Orient Lines Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Dogs are from Neptune (reference) Neptune (reference) Neptune Crossing (The Chaos Chronicles, Vol 1) (reference) Neptune Rising: Songs and Tales of the Undersea Folk (reference) The Astrological Neptune and the Quest for Redemption (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Rainbow Fish - Fintastic Fun in Neptune Bay (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Neptune Trading Co./Eddie Mayhew Matter [SOUNDTRACK] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods	Mikasa Neptune 14-Inch Vase (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
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Image Slideshow: Neptune

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Photo Album: Neptune

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Montage of Neptune and Triton.Credit: NASA.		Neptune and Tritron.Credit: NASA.
	The planets Neptune and Pluto have been selected as targets for original observations by ...Credit: NASA.		The distant, blue-green planet Neptune has again surprised astronomers with the emergence of a ...Credit: NASA.
	Color image of Neptune showing its "Great Dark Spot".Credit: NASA.		False color image of Neptune taken by Voyager 2.Credit: NASA.
	King Neptune dubbing a pollywog an official shellback The end of the Equator crossing ordeal on a NOAA Ship.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Pollywog paying homage to King Neptune during Equator crossing ceremony. After passing all the necessary tests, the pollywog will become a bona fide Shellback and able to initiate pollywogs during future ceremonies. Ceremony on NOAA Ship DAVID STARR JORDAN.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.
	Watercolor by Erik Heyl, 1950, painted for use in his book "Early American Steamers", Volume I. This steamship served as USS Neptune during 1863-1865 and was lost in December 1865, shortly after entering commercial service under the name Allegany.Credit: NAVY.		Engraving published in Harper's "History of the Great Rebellion", page 421, depicting Confederates boarding the Harriet Lane from the C.S. gunboats Neptune and Bayou City.Credit: NAVY.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Neptune

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		What started out in 1984 with the launch of Minicomp's Neptune PC has grown to be a five million-strong installed base. From a PC shipment (deliveries) of 1,200 in 1984-the average PC then cost INR 500,0000 (apx. USD 42,000)-the industry saw the million mark in 1996 with shipments touching 400,000 in that year. It took 12 years to reach the first million but the next four years saw a million PCs shipped annually. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Neptune

"Neptune" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Neptune" is used about 170 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	170	23,898

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Neptune

The following table summarizes the usage of "Neptune" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Neptune	Last name	400	22,774
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Neptune

The following table summarizes names related to "Neptune."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Netuno	Male	Portuguese	Neptune
Neifion	Male	Welsh	Neptune
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Usage in Company Names: Neptune

Country	Name
Singapore	Neptune Orient Lines Limited
	(more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expression: Neptune

Expressions using "Neptune": Neptune Beach ♦ Neptune City ♦ Neptune powder. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "Neptune": Uranus-neptune.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Neptune

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
neptune	2,560
the neptune	694
neptune nj	326
neptune planet	262
maytag neptune	177
neptune society	152
sailor neptune	144
firework neptune	110
neptune picture	105
neptune moon	51
king neptune	48
neptune water meter	46
neptune washer	41
background neptune	39
clone neptune	37
neptune beach	34
neptune theater	34
neptune fact	34
neptune beach fl	34
neptune sailor uranus	31
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Modern Translations: Neptune

Language		Translations for "Neptune"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		Neptun (neptunium). (various references)

Bulgarian		Нептун. (various references)

Chinese		海王星. (various references)

Czech		Bùh Moře. (various references)

Dutch		Neptunus. (various references)

Esperanto		Neptuno. (various references)

French		Neptune. (various references)

German		Neptun. (various references)

Greek		� οσειδώνασ (Poseidon), � οσειδών. (various references)

Hungarian		Neptun-bolygó. (various references)

Irish		Neiptiún. (various references)

Italian		Nettuno. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		ネオン管 (bottleneck, drip-dry, import restriction list, Is it so?, nack chain, Nebraska, neck, neckerchief, necking, necklace, neckline, necktie, necktie pin, necrophilia, necrophobia, nector, negative, negative color, neglect, negligee, negotiation, Nelson, neon tube, nepenta, nephron, nephrosis, nepotism, neptunium, Nescafe, -ness, nest, nest table, nesting, Nestle, net, net ball, Net citizen, net in, net play, net price, net score, netball falling in, netizen, net-mask, nettopology, network, network administration, networker, networking, Nevada, Never give up!, Never happen, Never mind, next, no carbon, no-iron, permanent snowpatch, Really?, several tables inside each other, tie, wash and wear), 海王星 , 海神 (Poseidon, sea god). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ネプチューン , かいおうせい, かいし�" (bringing up to date, care, caution, congeniality, conversion, depth of the sea, discretion, doctor's hospital rounds, Poseidon, precaution, progress, reform, reformation, satisfaction, sea god, seaquake, transgression), かいじ�" (ash, complete destruction, embers, mysterious person, Poseidon, sea god), わたつみ (picking cotton, Poseidon, sea, sea god). (various references)

Pig Latin		eptunenay

Portuguese		Netuno (neptunian). (various references)

Russian		Нептун. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		neptun. (various references)

Spanish		Neptuno. (various references)

Swedish		Neptunus. (various references)

Thai		เทพเจ้าแห่งทะเล (นิยายโรมัน), หอยขมทะเล, �"าวเนปจูน. (various references)

Turkish		Neptün (neptunian), Deniz Tanrısı (sea god). (various references)

Welsh		Neifion. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Neptune

Misspellings
	"Neptune" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Napton, neptun, Neptunes. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Neptune"

Words rhyming with "Neptune" (pronounced 'Nep"tune'): Befortune, Infortune. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Neptune

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-n-n-p-t-u"
	-1 letter: punnet, unpent.
	-2 letters: penne, unpen.
	-3 letters: neep, nene, peen, pent, punt, teen, tune.
	-4 letters: nee, net, nun, nut, pee, pen, pet, pun, put, tee, ten, tun, tup.
	-5 letters: en, et, ne, nu, pe, un, up, ut.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-n-n-p-t-u"
	+2 letters: truepenny.
	+3 letters: antepenult, purtenance, tenpounder, turpentine, unparented.
	+4 letters: antependium, antepenults, counterpane, neuropteran, outpreening, purtenances, superintend, tenpounders, truepennies, turpentined, turpentines, unaptnesses, uninspected, unrepentant.
	+5 letters: antependiums, appurtenance, counterpanes, entrepreneur, intrapreneur, neuropterans, nonpetroleum, punitiveness, superannuate, supereminent, superintends, supervenient, supervention, underpayment, unemployment, unhyphenated, unpatentable, unpretending, venipuncture.
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