English

Alternative forms

• Titanian

Adjective

Titanean ‎(not comparable)

1. (mythology) Of the Titans, literally or figuratively.
   • J.G. Strutt, 1814, English translation of Milton, 1626, "On the fifth of November"

     Here is the lofty tower of Titanean Fame

   • 1861, First biennial report of the progress of the geological survey of Michigan

     [The sandstone] is broken into immense angular fragments forty feet and less, in diameter, which lie about like the work of Titanean quarrymen.

2. (astronomy) Of Titan, the largest moon of Saturn.
   • Luz et al. "Latitudinal transport by barotropic waves in Titan's stratosphere", Icarus 166 (2003) 343–358

     for Titan the shallow-atmosphere approximation is a much poorer one (8% of the titanean radius).

Noun

Titanean ‎(plural Titaneans)

1. (science fiction) An inhabitant of Titan (the Saturnian moon)