meaning of jupiter
1. The supreme deity, king of gods and men, and reputed to be the son of Saturn and Rhea; Jove. He corresponds to the Greek Zeus.
2. One of the planets, being the brightest except Venus, and the largest of them all, its mean diameter being about 85,000 miles. It revolves about the sun in 4,332. 6 days, at a mean distance of 5. 2028 from the sun, the earths mean distance being taken as unity.
3. jupiter To kill an IRC robot or user and then take its place by adopting its nick so that it cannot reconnect. Named after a particular IRC user who did this to NickServ, the robot in charge of preventing people from inadvertently using a nick claimed by another user. [Jargon File]
4. the largest planet and the 5th from the sun; has many satellites
Related Words
jupiter | jupiter fidius | jupiter fulgur | jupiter fulminator | jupiter optimus maximus | jupiter pluvius | jupiter tonans | jupiters beard |
