ALL meanings of jupiter
Ju·pi·ter
J j - noun Technical meaning of jupiter To kill an IRC robot or user and then take its place by adopting its nick so that it cannot reconnect. Named after a particular IRC user who did this to NickServ, the robot in charge of preventing people from inadvertently using a nick claimed by another user. 1
- noun jupiter astronomy: largest planet 1
- noun jupiter mythology: Roman god 1
- noun jupiter Also called Jove. the supreme deity of the ancient Romans: the god of the heavens and of weather. Compare Zeus. 1
- noun jupiter Astronomy. the planet fifth in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 88,729 miles (142,796 km), a mean distance from the sun of 483.6 million miles (778.3 million km), a period of revolution of 11.86 years, and at least 14 moons. It is the largest planet in the solar system. 1
- noun jupiter Military. a medium-range U.S. ballistic missile of the 1950s, powered by a single liquid-fueled rocket engine. 1
- noun jupiter (in Roman tradition) the king and ruler of the Olympian gods 0
- noun jupiter the largest of the planets and the fifth from the sun. It has 67 satellites and is surrounded by a transient planar ring system consisting of dust particles. Mean distance from sun: 778 million km; period of revolution around sun: 11.86 years; period of axial rotation: 9.83 hours; diameter and mass: 11.2 and 317.9 times that of earth respectively 0
- noun jupiter the chief deity, god of thunder and the skies: identified with the Greek Zeus 0
- noun jupiter the largest planet of the solar system and the fifth in distance from the sun: it has a ring composed of microscopic dustlike particles: diameter, c. 142,980 km (c. 88,850 mi); period of revolution, 11.86 earth years; period of rotation, 9.92 hours; 62 satellites; symbol, ♃ 0