neptune
n. கிரேக்கபுராண மரபில் கடல் தெய்வம், சேண்மம், கதிரவனைச் சுற்றி ஓரம் எட்டாவதுகோள்.
Nep"tune, n. Etym: [L. Neptunus.] 1. (Rom. Myth.) Defn: The son of Saturn and Ops, the god of the waters, especially of the sea. He is represented as bearing a trident for a scepter. 2. (Astron.) Defn: The remotest known planet of our system, discovered -- as a result of the computations of Leverrier, of Paris -- by Galle, of Berlin, September 23, 1846. Its mean distance from the sun is about 2,775,000,000 miles, and its period of revolution is about 164,78 years. Neptune powder, an explosive containing nitroglycerin, -- used in blasting. -- Neptune's cup (Zoöl.), a very large, cup-shaped, marine sponge (Thalassema Neptuni).