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- [ploo-toh]
- /ˈplu toʊ/
- /ˈpluː.təʊ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ploo-toh]
- /ˈplu toʊ/
Definitions of pluto word
- noun pluto Classical Mythology. a name given to Hades, under which he is identified by the Romans with Orcus. 1
- noun pluto Astronomy. a dwarf planet having an equatorial diameter of about 2100 miles (3300 km), a mean distance from the sun of 3.674 billion miles (5.914 billion km), a period of revolution of 248.53 years, and one known moon, Charon. Until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet ninth in order from the sun; the International Astronomical Union has reclassified it as a dwarf planet. 1
- noun pluto astronomy: dwarf planet 1
- noun pluto mythology: Roman god 1
- noun pluto the god of the underworld; Hades 0
- noun pluto the second-largest dwarf planet in the solar system, located in the Kuiper belt; discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh (1906–97); classified as a planet until 2006, when it was reclassified; it has five known satellites. Period of revolution around the sun: 248 years; period of axial rotation: 6.5 days; mass: 0.00218 times that of earth; diameter: 2300 km; Pluto has an elliptical orbit, its closest point to the sun is 29.7 AU and its farthest point away is 49.7 AU 0
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pluto popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pluto
noun pluto
- copernican system — the theory published in 1543 by Copernicus which stated that the earth and the planets rotated around the sun and which opposed the Ptolemaic system
- mercury — Chemistry. a heavy, silver-white, highly toxic metallic element, the only one that is liquid at room temperature; quicksilver: used in barometers, thermometers, pesticides, pharmaceutical preparations, reflecting surfaces of mirrors, and dental fillings, in certain switches, lamps, and other electric apparatus, and as a laboratory catalyst. Symbol: Hg; atomic weight: 200.59; atomic number: 80; specific gravity: 13.546 at 20°C; freezing point: −38.9°C; boiling point: 357°C.
- mars — (used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
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