gas giant
A large planet composed mostly of gaseous hydrogen and helium, along with methane and…A large planet composed mostly of gaseous hydrogen and helium, along with methane and ammonia; possibly with a solid core.
» Saturn is a gas giant, too.
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1 sensesA large planet composed mostly of gaseous hydrogen and helium, along with methane and ammonia; possibly with a solid core.
Gasriese, Gasplanet
га́зовый гига́нтgázovyj gigánt, га́зовая плане́таgázovaja planéta
га́зовий гіга́нтházovyj hihánt
- any of the four outermost planets in the solar system; much larger than Earth and gaseous in nature (like Jupiter)
Examples
20 sentencesSaturn is a gas giant, too.
Uranus is a gas giant, too.
Neptune is a gas giant, too.
Algeria is a gas-exporting giant.
Gas giants probably have solid cores.
Translations
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Origin
From gas + giant, coined by American science-fiction writer James Blish and first attestedFrom gas + giant, coined by American science-fiction writer James Blish and first attested in 1952 in a rewritten version of his 1941 short story Solar Plexus.
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Forms
plural: gas giants| Singular | gas giant |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- any of the four outermost planets in the solar system; much larger than Earth and gaseous in nature (like Jupiter):Jovian planet
Word family
3 related wordsSee also
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