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noun
A large planet composed mostly of gaseous hydrogen and helium, along with methane and ammonia; possibly with a solid core.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: gas giant planet, Jovian planet
Antonyms: none provided
noun
any of the four outermost planets in the solar system; much larger than Earth and gaseous in nature (like Jupiter)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Jovian planet
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: planet, major planet
Narrower terms: Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus
History
From 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.
Across languages
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
