Titanean

See also: titanean

English

Alternative forms

• Titanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taɪˈteɪniən/

Adjective

Titanean (not comparable)

1. (mythology) Of the Titans, literally or figuratively.
   • 1702, Edward Sherburne, The Tragedies of L. Annaeus Seneca the Philosopher:

     For Lightning she'd have strook: or by some Spell / The bold Titanean Brethren rais'd from Hell

   • 1861, First biennial report of the progress of the geological survey of Michigan:

     [The sandstone] is broken into immense angular fragments forty feet and less, in diameter, which lie about like the work of Titanean quarrymen.

2. (astronomy) Of Titan, the largest moon of Saturn.
   • 2003, Luz et al. "Latitudinal transport by barotropic waves in Titan's stratosphere", Icarus 166, 343–358

     for Titan the shallow-atmosphere approximation is a much poorer one (8% of the titanean radius).

Noun

Titanean (plural Titaneans)

1. (science fiction) An inhabitant of Titan (the Saturnian moon)

Anagrams

• antenati, natanite