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Uranian

//jʊˈɹeɪnɪən//

Definitions

1
Celestial, heavenly; uranic.
Hence is that secret pardon we bestow / In the true instinct of the grateful heart, / Upon the Sons of Song. The good they do / In the clear world of their Uranian art / Endures for ever; while the evil done / In the poor drama of the mortal scene, / Is but a passing cloud before the sun; [...]
Opposite
chthonian chthonic earthbound
2
Of or pertaining to the planet Uranus.
The Uranian year is equal to 84 terrestrial years, or 30687 terrestrial days; and the Uranian day, according to the probable estimate, being shorter than the terrestrial day in the ratio of 1 to 2⁵²⁶⁄₁₀₀₀, it follows that the Uranian year consists of 77336 Uranian days.
3
Containing hexavalent uranium.

1
A male homosexual; also, a pederast; a man engaged in an erotic relationship with an adolescent boy.
Doubtless music is pre-eminently the Uranian’s art. His emotional nature goes out to it and in it, as in no other.
Similar
uranist

Word Origin

From Latin Ūrania (“muse of astronomy in Greek mythology”) + -an (suffix forming agent nouns). Ūrania is derived from Ancient Greek Οὐρᾰνῐ́ᾱ (Ourănĭ́ā, “muse of astronomy”), from οὐράνιος (ouránios, “...

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Uranian

//jʊˈɹeɪnɪən//

Definitions

adjmore Uranian · most Uranian

1
Celestial, heavenly; uranic.
Hence is that secret pardon we bestow / In the true instinct of the grateful heart, / Upon the Sons of Song. The good they do / In the clear world of their Uranian art / Endures for ever; while the evil done / In the poor drama of the mortal scene, / Is but a passing cloud before the sun; [...]
Opposite
chthonian chthonic earthbound
2
Of or pertaining to the planet Uranus.
The Uranian year is equal to 84 terrestrial years, or 30687 terrestrial days; and the Uranian day, according to the probable estimate, being shorter than the terrestrial day in the ratio of 1 to 2⁵²⁶⁄₁₀₀₀, it follows that the Uranian year consists of 77336 Uranian days.
3
Containing hexavalent uranium.

nounUranians

1
A male homosexual; also, a pederast; a man engaged in an erotic relationship with an adolescent boy.
Doubtless music is pre-eminently the Uranian’s art. His emotional nature goes out to it and in it, as in no other.
Similar
uranist

Word Origin

From Latin Ūrania (“muse of astronomy in Greek mythology”) + -an (suffix forming agent nouns). Ūrania is derived from Ancient Greek Οὐρᾰνῐ́ᾱ (Ourănĭ́ā, “muse of astronomy”), from οὐράνιος (ouránios, “...

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urning

2

An inhabitant of the planet Uranus.

[T]he fury of a fiery hot-brained Marsian, may kindle immediate and incessant wrangling and feuds; whilst a quiet placid Uranian, in his turn, may yet at times be excessively annoyed, ay, worried and tormented, by the tardiness, listlessness and inactivity of his dronish companion.