gas giant
English Thesaurus
1. any of the four outermost planets in the solar system; much larger than Earth and gaseous in nature (like Jupiter) (noun.object)
| hypernym | : | major planet, planet, |
| definition | : | (astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | jupiter, |
| definition | : | the largest planet and the 5th from the sun; has many satellites and is one of the brightest objects in the night sky (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | neptune, |
| definition | : | a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 8th planet from the sun is the most remote of the gas giants (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | saturn, |
| definition | : | a giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles; the 6th planet from the sun (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | uranus, |
| definition | : | a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 7th planet from the sun has a blue-green color and many satellites (noun.object) |
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