Meaning of "Neptunian" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF NEPTUNIAN

Neptunian  [nɛpˈtjuːnɪən]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NEPTUNIAN

Neptunian is an adjective.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES NEPTUNIAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Neptune in fiction

The planet Neptune has been used as a reference and setting in various films and works of fiction: ▪ In H. G. Wells's short story The Star, Neptune is destroyed in a collision with another supermassive object which reduces its orbital velocity to zero; the wreckage falls into the Sun, narrowly missing Earth. ▪ In the Captain Future series, Neptune is portrayed as a sea planet, not out of any scientific theory but evidently because Neptune is the Roman sea god. ▪ In Olaf Stapledon's 1930 epic novel Last and First Men, Neptune is the final home of the highly evolved human race. The planet is depicted as having a dense atmosphere but with a solid surface. ▪ In Hugh Walters' 1968 novel Nearly Neptune, the first manned expedition to Neptune ends in apparent disaster as a fire destroys vital equipment on board the spacecraft as it nears the planet. ▪ The planet served as the backdrop for the 1997 science fiction/horror film Event Horizon. ▪ The humorous short story, "The Elephants on Neptune" by Mike Resnick, was published in Asimov's Science Fiction, and was nominated for both a Hugo and a Nebula award.

Definition of Neptunian in the English dictionary

The first definition of Neptunian in the dictionary is of or relating to the Roman god Neptune or the sea. Other definition of Neptunian is of, occurring on, or relating to the planet Neptune. Neptunian is also formed under water.

TRANSLATION OF NEPTUNIAN

Find out the translation of Neptunian to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of Neptunian from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Neptunian» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 海王星
• Translator English - Spanish: Neptunian
• English: Neptunian
• Translator English - Hindi: आबी
• Translator English - Arabic: نبتون
• Translator English - Russian: Neptunian
• Translator English - Portuguese: Neptuniano
• Translator English - Bengali: নেপচুনের
• Translator English - French: neptunienne
• Translator English - Malay: Neptunus
• Translator English - German: Neptunian
• Translator English - Japanese: 海王星の
• Translator English - Korean: 해왕성
• Translator English - Javanese: Neptunus
• Translator English - Vietnamese: do nước tạo thành
• Translator English - Tamil: நெப்டியூன்
• Translator English - Marathi: नेपच्यून
• Translator English - Turkish: Neptün
• Translator English - Italian: nettuniano
• Translator English - Polish: Neptunian
• Translator English - Ukrainian: Neptunian
• Translator English - Romanian: Neptun
• Translator English - Greek: Neptunian
• Translator English - Afrikaans: Neptunus
• Translator English - Swedish: Neptunian
• Translator English - Norwegian: Neptunian

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NEPTUNIAN»

Discover the use of Neptunian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Neptunian and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Neptunian Or Water Theory of Creation

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.

J. M. Woodman, 2009

A Comparative View of the Huttonian and Neptunian Systems of ...

We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

John Murray, 2010

Trans-Neptunian Objects and Comets: Saas-Fee Advanced Course ...

This volume reviews what we know about the solar system and is therefore extremely timely. The style it is written in perfectly conveys the excitement this field of research holds and is readable for new graduate students in the field.

Kathrin Altwegg, D. Jewitt, Willy Benz, 2007

Trans-Neptunian Objects: Centaur and Trans-Neptunian Object ...

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Source Wikipedia, LLC Books, Books Group, 2010

Trans-Neptunian Objects: Trans-Neptunian Object, List of ...

Some objects that have been commonly cross-categorized as centaurs have been omitted. For moons of trans-Neptunian objects, see the next section. This is a partial list of the moons of TNOs. ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=551374

General Books LLC, LLC Books, 2010

Palaeozoic Reefs and Bioaccumulations: Climatic and ...

Coelobiontic communities in neptunian fissures of synsedimentary tectonic origin in Permian reef, southern Urals, Russia EMMANUELLE VENNIN Biogeosciences , Universite de Bourgogne, 21000 Dijon, France ( e-mail: emmanuelle.

J. Javier Álvaro, 2007

Trans-Neptunian Region: Trans-Neptunian Objects, Kuiper ...

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Source Wikipedia, 2011

Uranian and Neptunian Healing

THIS 9 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Theosophist Magazine April 1923-June 1923, by Theosophical Publishing . To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 0766151808.

Theosophical Publishing, 2010

Lightning: Physics and Effects

Jovian lightning is probably generated well below the dense ammonia cloud top, andtherefore theinternalheatfluxmaybe a measure of the energy available for lightning. Assuming that Neptune is similar to Jupiter and noting that the Neptunian ...

Vladimir A. Rakov, Martin A. Uman, 2003

Comets: Nature, Dynamics, Origin, and their Cosmogonical ...

The book covers the most recent ideas about the nature and dynamics of comets, including a thorough discussion on Oort cloud dynamics which has not received due attention in other books on the subject.

Julio A. Fernández, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NEPTUNIAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Neptunian is used in the context of the following news items.

Pluto is Something Way More Awesome Than a Mere Planet

Pluto is Something Way More Awesome Than a Mere Planet. Pluto is the namesake of the plutoids, dwarf planets in trans-Neptunian orbits. «io9, Jul 15»

After Pluto, what's next?

The same trans-Neptunian planetoids whose discovery prompted the International Astronomical Union to demote Pluto to dwarf-planet status in ... «Baltimore Sun, Jul 15»

Philadelphia Inquirer: Another world

In 2006, panicked by the discovery of another Pluto-size, trans-Neptunian object eventually named Eris — fittingly, after the Greek goddess of ... «Lima Ohio, Jul 15»

Pluto exemplifies another bold step

Four years later, at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz., he discovered the trans-Neptunian planet that Percival Lowell had insisted must ... «Bismarck Tribune, Jul 15»

New Horizons spurs new calls to make Pluto a planet once again

The real trouble for Pluto arguably started with the 2005 discovery of Eris. Eris is one of those aforementioned trans-Neptunian objects (things that orbit the sun ... «Gizmag, Jul 15»

Finding Pluto—the hunt for Planet X

As well as these earnest astronomers, the trans-Neptunian planet idea attracted cranks and visionaries. An interesting contribution came in ... «Phys.Org, Jul 15»

Justice catches Stephen R. Reed, Ollie's makes good and Pluto …

Once the ninth planet, it was downgraded to a "trans-Neptunian object" and largely forgotten. But soft! what light through yonder window breaks ... «PennLive.com, Jul 15»

NASA's 'Planet X' Files Leaked: NASA Knows Nibiru Is Coming …

The scientific claims were based on observations of gravitational influences on a group of space bodies termed the “extreme trans-Neptunian ... «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»

Pluto: the splendid semi-planet with a special place in our hearts

But if we go back to calling Pluto a planet then we need to similarly upgrade Ceres, in the asteroid belt, and Eris in trans-Neptunian space, ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

Pluto, we love you. We're sorry that we banished you from our orbit

Ditto there are thousands of trans-Neptunian objects of which Pluto is just one of the larger ones. Just like Ceres. 3). It's not even unique. «The Guardian, Jul 15»