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Webster 1913 Edition
Saturn
1.
(Roman Myth.)
One of the elder and principal deities, the son of Coelus and Terra (Heaven and Earth), and the father of Jupiter. The corresponding Greek divinity was
Κρόνος
, later Χρόνος
, Time. 2.
(Astron.)
One of the planets of the solar system, next in magnitude to Jupiter, but more remote from the sun. Its diameter is seventy thousand miles, its mean distance from the sun nearly eight hundred and eighty millions of miles, and its year, or periodical revolution round the sun, nearly twenty-nine years and a half. It is surrounded by a remarkable system of rings, and has eight satellites.
3.
(Alchem.)
The metal lead.
[Archaic]
Webster 1828 Edition
Saturn
SAT'URN
,Noun.
1.
In mythology, one of the oldest and principal deities, the son of Coelus and Terra, (heaven and earth,) and the father of Jupiter. He answers to the Greek Chronus or Time.2.
In astronomy, one of the planets of the solar system, less in magnitude than Jupiter, but more remote from the sun. Its diameter is seventy nine thousand miles, is mean distance from the sun somewhat more than nine hundred millions of miles and its year, or periodical revolution round the sun, nearly twenty nine years and a half.3.
In the old chimistry, an appellation given to lead.4.
In heraldry, the black color in blazoning the arms of sovereign princes.