(revolve round)
101METEORS — or SHOOTING STARS are small bodies consisting of iron, stone, and certain other familiar elements which are scattered in immense numbers through planetary space; they revolve round the sun in clouds or in long strings, and when the earth… …
102NEPTUNE — 1) the chief marine deity of the Romans, and identified with the Poseidon of the Greeks, is represented with a trident in his hand as his sceptre. 2) the remotest planet of the solar system at present known; it is twice as far distant from… …
103SATELLITES — (lit. attendants), name given to the secondary bodies which revolve round the planets of the solar system, of which the Earth has one, Mars two, Jupiter four, Saturn eight, Uranus four, and Neptune is known to have at least one, as Venus is… …
104URANUS — 1) a planet, the outermost but one of the solar system, is 1770 millions of miles from the sun, takes 30,686 of our days, or 84 of our years, to revolve round it, has four times the diameter of the earth, and is accompanied by four moons; it… …
105ymbswífan — sv/t1 3rd pres ymbswífð past ymbswáf/ymbswifon ptp ymbswifen to revolve round …
106binary star — /ˈbaɪnəri sta/ (say buynuhree stah) noun a system of two stars which revolve round their common centre of gravity. See astronomic binary star, eclipsing binary star, spectroscopic binary star …
107planet wheel — /ˈplænət wil/ (say planuht weel) noun any of the wheels in an epicyclic train, whose axes revolve round the common centre …
108circumvolve — v.i. & t. revolve (round). ♦ circumvolution, n …
109circumpolar stars — plural noun Stars so near the pole of the heavens that (for places at the latitude in question) they never set but merely revolve round the pole • • • Main Entry: ↑circumpolar …
110turn — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. rotation, revolution; twirl, twist; deflection, diversion; coil, convulsion; change; crisis; aptitude, ability, skill; act, skit; spell, shift, tour, trick. v. revolve, rotate, pivot; reel; rebel,… …
