English

Alternative forms

• Titanean (senses 1, 2)
• Titanic (sense 1)

Adjective

Titanian ‎(not comparable)

1. (mythology) Of the Titans
   • 1674, Milton, Paradise Lost

     As whom the fables name of monstrous size, / Titanian or earth-born, that warred on Jove,

2. (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, p. 238,

     The Titanian atmosphere consists predominantly of nitrogen gas, with only a few percent methane, the simplest organic molecule.

3. Of the faerie queen Titania
   • 2002, Lewis, Anthony Burgess: A Biography, p. 387

     the yin and the yang, or the Oberonic and the Titanian

4. (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)

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

English

Adjective

titanian ‎(not comparable)

1. (mineralogy) Describing minerals containing tetravalent titanium

Related terms

• titanoan
• titanic
• titaniferous