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jovian
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective jovian has 2 senses
- jovian(a = adj.pert) Array - of or pertaining to or characteristic of or resembling the planet Jupiter; "Jovian satellites" Derived form noun jupiter1
- jovian(a = adj.pert) Array - of or pertaining to or befitting the Roman deity Jupiter; "Jovian thunderbolts"; "Jovian wrath" Derived form noun jupiter2
CIDE DICTIONARY
jovian, prop. a.
Of or pertaining to Jove, or Jupiter (either the deity or the planet). [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
jovian, adj.
1 (in Roman mythology) of or like Jupiter.
2 of the planet Jupiter.
1 (in Roman mythology) of or like Jupiter.
2 of the planet Jupiter.
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