Meaning | Any of the four outermost planets in the solar system; much larger / larger than Earth and gaseous in nature (like Jupiter). |
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Synonym | gas giant |
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Instances | Jupiter | The largest planet and the 5th from the sun |
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Neptune | A giant planet with a ring of ice particles |
Saturn | A giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles |
Uranus | A giant planet with a ring of ice particles |
Broader | planet, major planet | (astronomy) any of the nine large / large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light |
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Spanish | gigante gaseoso |
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Catalan | gegant gasós |
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