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Definition of Saturnian

Saturnian
Saturnian Sa*tur"ni*an, a. [L. Saturnius.] 1. (Roman Myth.) Of or pertaining to Saturn, whose age or reign, from the mildness and wisdom of his government, is called the golden age. 2. Hence: Resembling the golden age; distinguished for peacefulness, happiness, contentment. Augustus, born to bring Saturnian times. --Pope. 3. (Astron.) Of or pertaining to the planet Saturn; as, the Saturnian year. Saturnian verse (Pros.), a meter employed by early Roman satirists, consisting of three iambics and an extra syllable followed by three trochees, as in the line: -- Th[e^] qu[=e]en | w[a^]s [imac]n | th[e^] k[imac]tch | [e^]n || [=e]at[i^]ng | br[=e]ad [a^]nd | h[=o]n[e^]y.
Saturnian
Saturnian Sa*tur"ni*an, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of large handsome moths belonging to Saturnia and allied genera. The luna moth, polyphemus, and promethea, are examples. They belong to the Silkworn family, and some are raised for their silk. See Polyphemus.

Meaning of Saturnian from wikipedia

- Look up saturnian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Saturnian or Saturnial may refer to: Something of or relating to: Saturn, sixth planet from the...
- Celtic mythology). The sole exception is Phoebe, the largest irregular Saturnian moon, discovered at the end of the 19th century; it is part of the Norse...
- from John Herschel (son of William Herschel, discoverer of two other Saturnian moons, Mimas and Enceladus), in his 1847 publication Results of Astronomical...
- Sixty-One New Saturnian Satellites". "Mpec 2025-E154 : Thirty-Four New Saturnian Satellites". "Mpec 2025-E155 : Thirty-Three New Saturnian Satellites"....
- meters across. Esposito believes this to be the basic structure of the Saturnian rings, particles clumping together, then being blasted apart. Research...
- rendered them differently. When first discovered, Iapetus was among the four Saturnian moons labelled the Sidera Lodoicea by their discoverer Giovanni C****ini...
- A. Jacobson (18 October 2022). "The Orbits of the Main Saturnian Satellites, the Saturnian System Gravity Field, and the Orientation of Saturn's Pole"...
- origin. Like the other regular moons of Saturn, Tethys formed from the Saturnian sub-nebula—a disk of gas and dust that surrounded Saturn soon after its...
- Saturnian meter or verse is an old Latin and Italic poetic form, of which the principles of versification have become obscure. Only 132 complete uncontroversial...
- discovered prior to the Space Age, Enceladus was first observed during a Saturnian equinox, when Earth is within the ring plane. At such times, the reduction...