- the Roman goddess of loveGreek counterpart: Aphrodite
- mount of Venus ⇒ See mons veneris
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Ve•nus
(vē′nəs),USA pronunciation n., pl. -us•es for 2.
- Mythologyan ancient Italian goddess of gardens and spring, identified by the Romans with Aphrodite as the goddess of love and beauty.
- an exceptionally beautiful woman.
- Archaeology(sometimes l.c.) a statuette of a female figure, usually carved of ivory and typically having exaggerated breasts, belly, or buttocks, often found in Upper Paleolithic cultures from Siberia to France.
- Astronomythe planet second in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7521 miles (12,104 km), a mean distance from the sun of 67.2 million miles (108.2 million km), a period of revolution of 224.68 days, and no moons. It is the most brilliant planet in the solar system. See table under planet.
- Chemistrycopper.
- Latin Venus, stem Vener- origin, originally a neuter common noun, nominal meaning "physical desire, sexual appetite,'' hence "qualities exciting desire, seductiveness, charm,'' "a goddess personifying sexual attractiveness''; cognate with Sanskrit vanaḥ desire, akin to wish; compare venerate, venom
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Venus /ˈviːnəs/ n
Venus /ˈviːnəs/ n
- one of the inferior planets and the second nearest to the sun, visible as a bright morning or evening star. Its surface is extremely hot (over 400°C) and is completely shrouded by dense cloud. The atmosphere is principally carbon dioxide. Mean distance from sun: 108 million km; period of revolution around sun: 225 days; period of axial rotation: 244.3 days (retrograde motion); diameter and mass: 96.5 and 81.5 per cent that of earth respectively
- the alchemical name for copper1
'Venus' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Aphrodite
- clam
- ctenophore
- cypripedium
- evening star
- flytrap
- Fry
- Hesperus
- Libra
- Lucifer
- Melos
- mons veneris
- morning star
- O'Toole
- our
- Phosphorus
- planet
- quahog
- retrograde
- solar system
- Southampton
- Tannhäuser
- Taurus
- venerate
- venereal
- venery
- venial
- venom
- Venusian
- Venus's-flytrap
- Venus's looking glass
- Venusberg
- von Sternberg
- Williams
- al-‘Uzza
- Aphrodite of Melos
- Aphrodite Terra
- armless
- ashen light
- cestus
- cherrystone
- crescent
- Cupid
- Cytherean
- dionaea
- Dolní Věstonice
- inferior planet
- inner planet
- insectivorous
- Ishtar Terra