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English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taɪˈteɪniən/ (senses 1, 2)
- IPA(key): /tɪˈtɑːniən/ (senses 3, 4)
Adjective
Titanian (not comparable)
- (mythology) Of the Titans
1674, Milton, Paradise Lost:As whom the fables name of monstrous size, / Titanian or earth-born, that warred on Jove,
- (astronomy) Of Titan, the largest moon of Saturn.
- 1974, McDonough & Brice, "The Saturnian 'Gas-Doughnut' Hypothesis", in A. Woszczyk, ed., Exploration of the Planetary System, p 484
- if Trafton's (1972) detection of Titanian H2 is correct, ...
2006, Kevin W. Plaxco, Michael Gross, Astrobiology: A Brief Introduction, Johns Hopkins University Press, page 238:The Titanian atmosphere consists predominantly of nitrogen gas, with only a few percent methane, the simplest organic molecule.
- (literature) Of or relating to the Shakespearean faerie queen Titania
2002, Lewis, Anthony Burgess: A Biography, page 387:the yin and the yang, or the Oberonic and the Titanian
- (astronomy) Of Titania, the largest moon of Uranus.
1985, Piers Anthony, Bio of a Space Tyrant, vol. 3: Politician:an isolated colony of Uranus' moon Titania, one of the diminishing vestiges of the Titanian Empire
Noun
Titanian (plural Titanians)
- (science fiction) An inhabitant of Titan (the Saturnian moon) or of Titania