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Definition of: Uranus
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1. In Greek mythology, the son and husband of Gaea (Earth) and father of the Titans, Furies, and Cyclopes: overthrown by his son Kronos: also spelled Ouranos.
2. Astron. A planet of the solar system; seventh in distance from the sun. Its mean distance from the sun is 1,781 millions of miles, its sidereal period about 84 terrestrial years, and its diameter about 29,600 miles. It has four satellites. See PLANET. [<L <Gk. Ouranos <ouranos heaven]
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