Neptune

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Neptune
n. 8th planet from sun in solar system (Astronomy); god of the sea (Roman Mythology)


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NEPTUNE
NEPTUNE is an acronym for North-East Pacific Time-series Undersea Networked Experiments. The NEPTUNE Canada project will lay approximately 800 km of power and fibre optic cables over the northern part of the  Juan de Fuca tectonic plate off the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia. The University of Victoria hosts both the NEPTUNE Canada and VENUS projects along with the Data Management and Archiving System that is responsible for all data processing, from data acquisition to archiving to providing near real-time web access.
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Neptune
Neptune is the eighth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. It is the fourth largest planet by diameter, and the third largest by mass. Neptune is 17 times the mass of Earth and is slightly more massive than its near-twin Uranus, which is 14 Earth masses and less dense. The planet is named after the Roman god of the sea. Its astronomical symbol is , a stylized version of Poseidon's Trident.
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Neptune
Noun
1. (Roman mythology) god of the sea; counterpart of Greek Poseidon
(hypernym) Roman deity
(classification) Roman mythology
2. a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 8th planet from the sun
(hypernym) Jovian planet, gas giant
(member-holonym) solar system


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Neptune (m)
n. Neptune, 8th planet from sun in solar system (Astronomy); god of the sea (Roman Mythology)

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Neptune
(n.)
The son of Saturn and Ops, the god of the waters, especially of the sea. He is represented as bearing a trident for a scepter.
  
 
(n.)
The remotest known planet of our system, discovered -- as a result of the computations of Leverrier, of Paris -- by Galle, of Berlin, September 23, 1846. Its mean distance from the sun is about 2,775,000,000 miles, and its period of revolution is about 164,78 years.
  

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