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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GAS GIANT

Coined by James Blish (1921–75), US science fiction writer.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GAS GIANT

gas giant play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GAS GIANT

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Gas giant is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GAS GIANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gas giant

A gas giant is a large planet that is not primarily composed of rock or other solid matter. There are four gas giants in the Solar System: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. However, astronomers sometimes categorize Uranus and Neptune as "ice giants", in order to emphasize the differences in composition between them and larger gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn. Many extrasolar gas giants have been identified orbiting other stars. Gaseous planets above 10 Earth masses are termed gas giants. Lower-mass gassy planets are sometimes called "gas dwarfs". Objects large enough to start deuterium fusion are called brown dwarfs and these occupy the mass range between that of large gas giants and the lowest-mass stars. The 13 Jupiter mass cutoff is a rule of thumb rather than something of precise physical significance. Larger objects will burn most of their deuterium and smaller ones will burn only a little, and the 13 MJ value is somewhere in between. The amount of deuterium burnt depends not only on mass but also on the composition of the planet, especially on the amount of helium and deuterium present.

Definition of gas giant in the English dictionary

The definition of gas giant in the dictionary is one of the four planets in our solar system that are composed chiefly of hydrogen and helium, namely Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GAS GIANT

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gas guzzler
gas heater
gas hog
gas jet
gas lamp
gas laws
gas lighter
gas lighting
gas main
gas mantle

WORDS THAT END LIKE GAS GIANT

affiant
allegiant
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defiant
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giant
invariant
luxuriant
officiant
pliant
radiant
red giant
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Synonyms and antonyms of gas giant in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «gas giant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GAS GIANT

Find out the translation of gas giant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gas giant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gas giant» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

天然气巨头
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gigante de gas
570 millions of speakers

English

gas giant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गैस विशाल
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الغاز العملاقة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

газовый гигант
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gigante de gás
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গ্যাস দৈত্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

géant de gaz
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gergasi gas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gasriesen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ガス惑星
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

거대한 가스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Raksasa gas
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

khí khổng lồ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எரிவாயு மாபெரும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गॅस राक्षस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Gaz devi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gigante del gas
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gazowy gigant
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

газовий гігант
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gigant de gaz
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

γίγαντας του φυσικού αερίου
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

gas reus
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

gasjätten
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

gassgiganten
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gas giant

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GAS GIANT»

The term «gas giant» is quite widely used and occupies the 47.554 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GAS GIANT» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GAS GIANT»

Discover the use of gas giant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gas giant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Space Scout: The Gas Giant
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H. Badger, 2011
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EPSL Frontiers: Collection 2002-2003
Assuming the formation of four gas giant protoplanets with masses of 1 A/j, 2 M}, 2 M}, and 2.5 M} at the orbits of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, respectively, EUV photoeva- poration of most of the gaseous envelopes of the outermost ...
Alex Halliday, 2004
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Planet Formation: Theory, Observations, and Experiments
10. The. core. accretion–gas. capture. model. for. gas-giant. planet. formation. Olenka Hubickyj UCO/Lick Observatory, University of California and Space Science Division, NASA-Ames Research Center 10.1 Introduction At the time of this ...
Hubert Klahr, Wolfgang Brandner, 2006
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Jupiter
A gas giant (sometimes also known as a Jovian planet after the planet Jupiter, or giant planet) is alarge planet that is notprimarilycomposedof rock or other solid matter. There are four gas giants in our Solar System: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and ...
By Wikipedians
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More Than a Theory (Reasons to Believe): Revealing a ...
Furthermore, to avoid disturbing that orbit, the inclination (tilt relative to the planetary system's plane) and eccentricity (degree of ellipticity) of the gas giant planets must be nearly zero. If the masses of the gas giants are too great, their ...
Hugh Ross, 2009
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Formation and Evolution of Exoplanets
By 1995 when the companion planet to 51 Peg was reported [1, 2], the core- accretion model had become a sophisticated model with computer simulations that explained many features of the gas giant planets in our solar system. Calculations ...
Rory Barnes, 2010
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Health Physics in the 21st Century
07-14 You are assigned to perform an ALARA evaluation for Operation Ka-Boom that is designed to convert gas giant planets into stars. Ka-Boom focuses on planets whose suns light output is decreasing. The following table lists candidate  ...
Joseph John Bevelacqua, 2008
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How Life on Earth is Affected by Earth's Unique Placement ...
Still, we simply don't know if life could exist within the atmosphere of a gas giant. And it's worth noting that even gas giant planets may require high-metal environments in order to form. For example, one theory posits that Jupiter formed when a ...
Eric M. Monier, 2005
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Talking about Life: Conversations on Astrobiology
But we know from the observations of other planetary systems that gas giants like Jupiter are common, and maybe 40 percent of nearby stars have gas giants we can detect, so maybe 50 percent of stars manage to make gas giant planets.
Chris Impey, 2010
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Exoplanets
Boley A. C. (2009) The two modes of gas giant planet formation. Astrophys. J. Lett ., 695, L53–L57. Boley A. C. and Durisen R. H. (2006) Hydraulic/shock jumps in protoplanetary disks. Astrophys. J., 641, 534–546. Boley A. C. and Durisen R. H.  ...
Sara Seager, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GAS GIANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gas giant is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Biography of Pluto, Our Favorite Planet - io9
... observed Uranus and its orbit, they noticed small variations: something large, and further out in the solar system, was affecting the gas giant. «io9, Jul 15»
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New Horizons' Long, Dark, Amazing Journey to Pluto...And Beyond …
If positioned right, the astronomers could use the gas giant as a gravity slingshot to speed up the journey to Pluto. Without a gravity assist, the ... «Wired, Jul 15»
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Shell Executive Says the Company Might Drop the Word 'Oil' From …
Shell Oil Company, the US arm of the Anglo-Dutch oil and gas giant Royal Dutch Shell, is toying with the idea of dropping the word "oil" from its ... «VICE News, Jul 15»
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Ancient exoplanets raise prospects of intelligent alien life | Fox News
One huge gas giant planet informally known as "Methuselah" was discovered in the early 2000s. When the finding was announced in 2003, ... «Fox News, Jul 15»
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Russia halts gas supplies to Ukraine | The Ukrainian Weekly
MOSCOW – Russian gas giant Gazprom announced on July 1 it was halting all natural gas supplies to Ukraine after Kyiv announced the ... «The Ukrainian Weekly, Jul 15»
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IE Singapore flags business opportunities in Latin America
They include aircraft manufacturer Embraer, oil and gas giant Petrobras, food corporation BRF, mining firm Vale, petrochemicals company ... «AsiaOne, Jul 15»
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Turkmenistan: Gazprom Has Become an Insolvent Partner
An official release from Turkmenistan's state-run Turkmengas claimed that Russia's gas giant Gazprom (ticker: OGZPY) had “become an ... «Oil & Gas 360, Jul 15»
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Gazprom scraps Turkish Stream's phase with Saipem
Russian natural gas giant Gazprom has canceled its commission to Italian oil services firm Saipem to build the first phase of the Turkish Stream ... «Daily Sabah, Jul 15»
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Statoil Plans To Build World's First Floating Wind Farm
Statoil, the Norwegian oil and gas giant, is considering taking a major role in wind power. The state-owned energy company said July 7 that it ... «OilPrice.com, Jul 15»
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UAF space physicist among mission researchers studying Pluto …
The mission already included a trip to explore Jupiter eight years ago, where New Horizon used the gas giant's gravity to propel it onward to ... «Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Jul 15»

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