Neptune - definition, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈneptjuːn|
Brit.  |ˈneptjuːn|

noun

- (Roman mythology) god of the sea; counterpart of Greek Poseidon (syn: neptune)
- a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 8th planet from the sun is the most remote of the gas giants (syn: neptune)
the existence of Neptune was predicted from perturbations in the orbit of Uranus and it was then identified in 1846

Extra examples

...sailors shipwrecked by the wild waves of Neptune...

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