[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

jupiter \ju"piter\, n. l., fr. jovis pater. see jove.
   1913 webster
   1. rom. myth. 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.
      1913 webster

   2. astron. one of the planets, being the fifth from the
      sun, the brightest except venus, and the largest of them
      all, its mean radius being about 43,345 miles 69,758
      kilometers, almost exactly one-tenth that of the sun. it
      revolves about the sun in 4,332.6 days, at a mean distance
      of 5.2025 from the sun 778,140,000 km, the earth's mean
      distance the astronomical unit being taken as unity. it
      has a mass of 1.901 x 10^27 kg, about one-thousandth
      that of the sun, and more than the remainder of the
      planets combined. it has an average solar day equal to
      9.842 earth hours. the rapid revolution causes a
      noticeable flattening at the poles; the diameter at the
      equator is 71,370 km, and at the poles 66,644 km. --hcp61
      1913 webster +pjc

   jupiter's beard. bot.
      a a south european herb, with cymes of small red
          blossoms centranthus ruber.
      b the houseleek sempervivum tectorum; -- so called
          from its massive inflorescence, like the sculptured
          beard of jove. --prior.
      c the cloverlike anthyllis barba-jovis.

   jupiter's staff bot., the common mullein; -- so called
      from its long, rigid spike of yellow blossoms. jupon
see also:
jove 27 jupiter's beard centranthus ruber sempervivum tectorum anthyllis barba-jovis 
jupiter's staff 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

jupiter
     n 1: the largest planet and the 5th from the sun; has many
          satellites
     2: roman mythology supreme god of romans; counterpart of
        greek zeus syn: jove
see also:
jove 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

83 moby thesaurus words for "jupiter":
   agdistis, amor, aphrodite, apollo, apollon, ares, artemis, ate,
   athena, bacchus, ceres, cora, cronus, cupid, cybele, demeter,
   despoina, diana, dionysus, dis, earth, eros, gaea, gaia, ge,
   great mother, hades, helios, hephaestus, hera, here, hermes,
   hestia, hymen, hyperion, jove, juno, jupiter fidius,
   jupiter fulgur, jupiter optimus maximus, jupiter pluvius,
   jupiter tonans, kore, kronos, magna mater, mars, mercury, minerva,
   mithras, momus, neptune, nike, olympians, olympic gods, ops, orcus,
   persephassa, persephone, phoebus, phoebus apollo, pluto, poseidon,
   proserpina, proserpine, rhea, saturn, tellus, uranus, venus, vesta,
   vulcan, zeus, asteroid, inferior planet, major planet,
   minor planet, planet, planetoid, secondary planet, solar system,
   superior planet, terrestrial planet, wanderer

[4] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

jupiter vt. irc to kill an irc bot 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. now commonly shortened to `jupe'.

= k =


see also:
irc bot nick 

[5] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

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
     
        1994-11-23
     
     
see also:
irc robot nick nickserv jargon file 

[6] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

jupiter
   the principal deity of the ancient greeks and romans. he was
   worshipped by them under various epithets. barnabas was
   identified with this god by the lycaonians acts 14:12, because
   he was of stately and commanding presence, as they supposed
   jupiter to be. there was a temple dedicated to this god outside
   the gates of lystra 14:13.
   

[7] : Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)

jupiter, the father that helpeth

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

jupiter, fl town, fips 35875
  location: 26.92410 n, 80.10459 w
  population 1990: 24986 14602 housing units
  area: 34.0 sq km land, 2.9 sq km water
  zip codes: 33458, 33477, 33478

[9] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

jupiter, fl -- u.s. town in florida
   population 2000:    39328
   housing units 2000: 20943
   land area 2000:     19.998551 sq. miles 51.796007 sq. km
   water area 2000:    1.125379 sq. miles 2.914719 sq. km
   total area 2000:    21.123930 sq. miles 54.710726 sq. km
   fips code:            35875
   located within:       florida fl, fips 12
   location:             26.925985 n, 80.104963 w
   zip codes 1990:     33458 33477 33478
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    jupiter, fl
    jupiter

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