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Definition: Uranus |
UranusNoun1. (Greek mythology) god of the heavens; son and husband of Gaea and father of the Titans in ancient mythology. 2. A giant planet with a ring of ice particles; 7th from the sun. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Uranus" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "heavens". |
Date "Uranus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Uranus Hideyuki Nakashima |
Aerospace | See planet, table. (references) |
Health | The seventh planet in order from the sun. It is one of the five outer planets of the solar system. It has five known natural satellites. (references) |
Space | Seventh planet from the sun, a gas giant or Jovian planet. (references) |
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Uranus is a 1990 film with Gerard Depardieu about postwar intrigue in a small French village.
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Synonym: UranusSynonym: Ouranos (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Uranus |
| English words defined with "Uranus": Benjamin Peirce ♦ Cronus ♦ Georgium Sidus ♦ Herschel, Hyperion ♦ Peirce ♦ Sir Frederick William Herschel, Sir William Herschel, solar system ♦ titan, Titaness ♦ Uranian ♦ William Herschel. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Uranus": Dione ♦ giant planets ♦ Hundred-handed ♦ major planets, Miranda ♦ outer planets ♦ Planetary magnetospheres, Planets, principal planets ♦ Sea Deities, superior planets ♦ Umbriel. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Uranus": uranium. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Uranus" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (Uranus), German (uranus), Swedish (Uranus), Turkish (Uranus). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I'm sorry, Fry, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all. (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert) Oh, man, this is great hey, as long as you don't make me smell Uranus! (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert) Today is dedicated to Uranus! (Ercole alla conquista di Atlantide; writing credit: Vittorio Cottafavi ; Sandro Continenza) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Up Uranus! (1971) The Uranus Experiment: Part 3 (1999) Uranus (1990) Ubangis on Uranus (1987) The Rites of Uranus (1975) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Uranus. Credit: NASA. |  | A Hubble telescope infrared view of Uranus reveals that the planet is surrounded by its four ... Credit: NASA. |
 | If springtime on Earth were anything like it will be on Uranus, we would be experiencing waves ... Credit: NASA. |  | This Hubble telescope snapshot of the planet Uranus reveals the planet's rings, at least five ... Credit: NASA. |
 | True- and false-color images of Uranus. Credit: NASA. |  | Individual frames for each of the six planets imaged, Venus, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Credit: NASA. |
 | S.S. Uranus. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| "Uranus" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 98.68% of the time. "Uranus" is used about 76 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) | 98.68% | 75 | 38,535 |
| Noun (plural) | 1.32% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 76 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| "Uranus" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "heavens". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Uranus." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Ouranos | Male | Greek Mythology | Uranus |
| Uranus | Male | Greek Mythology (Latinized) | N/A |
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| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Uranus": Uranus-neptune. | |
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| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "Uranus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | Uran. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Уран, Бог Уран. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 天王星. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | Uran (uranium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Uranus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ستاره اورانوس(نج.), خدای اسمان فرزندزمین وپدرتیتان ها. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Uranus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | אור וס. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Irish | @rÚnas. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Urano. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 天王星 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | て"のうせい (the Emperor System). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | anusuray urano. (various references) Уран. (various references) uran. (various references) Urano. (various references) Uranus. (various references) Uranus. (various references) Уран. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Uranus" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Erannis, Lurabus, Nuragus, Ulanfu, Ulanhu, Urania, Urran. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "Uranus" (pronounced 'U"ra*nus'): Acinus, Agnus, Alumnus, Anelectrotonus, Anthrenus, Anus, Bonus, Catelectrotonus, Cincinnus, Clarisonus, Clonus, Conus, Cothurnus, Cygnus, Echinus, Encrinus, Fraxinus, Galvanotonus, genus, Hemionus, Janus, Marbrinus, Oceanus, Onus, Pandanus, Pannus, Pentacrinus, Pignus, Pinus, Platanus, Pleurothotonus, Ricinus, subgenus, Tabanus, tetanus, tonus, Turnus, Uncinus, Varanus, Venus. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-n-r-s-u-u" | |
-1 letter: unaus. | |
-2 letters: anus, runs, sura, unau, urns, ursa, urus. | |
-3 letters: ars, nus, ran, ras, run, sau, sun, uns, urn. | |
-4 letters: an, ar, as, na, nu, un, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-n-r-s-u-u" | |
+1 letter: anurous, auburns, uranous. | |
+2 letters: bunrakus, neurulas, pursuant, sublunar, suburban, unguards, uraniums. | |
+3 letters: alburnums, furfurans, laburnums, pursuance, runabouts, sublunary, suburbans, susurrant. | |
+4 letters: anthuriums, duralumins, funiculars, hausfrauen, inaugurals, languorous, manubriums, nasturtium, pursuances, pursuivant, ranunculus, runarounds, subnuclear, superhuman, superlunar, turnabouts, ultrasound, ungracious, unmeasured, unsaturate, usurpation. | |
+5 letters: adventurous, anfractuous, arduousness, inaugurates, jaguarundis, juggernauts, luxuriances, nasturtiums, nulliparous, nunciatures, nurturances, punctuators, pursuivants, raucousness, roundabouts, suburbanise, suburbanite, suburbanize, superabound, superlunary, supernature, suppurating, suppuration, susurration, turnarounds, ultrasounds, uncrushable, uncustomary, undervalues, unglamorous, uninsurable, unpersuaded, unsaturated, unsaturates, unspiritual, unsurpassed, usurpations. | |
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