Uranian is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Uranian in a sentence
Uranian meaning
- Celestial, heavenly; uranic.
- Homosexual; also, pederastic; relating to a man's erotic love for adolescent boys; (specifically) of poetry: conveying appreciation for young men.
- Of Aphrodite Urania, the heavenly aspect of the Greek goddess of beauty and love Aphrodite and her Roman counterpart Venus, as contrasted with the earthly aspect known as Aphrodite Pandemos: heavenly, spiritual.
Using Uranian
- The main meaning on this page is: Celestial, heavenly; uranic. | Homosexual; also, pederastic; relating to a man's erotic love for adolescent boys; (specifically) of poetry: conveying appreciation for young men. | Of Aphrodite Urania, the heavenly aspect of the Greek goddess of beauty and love Aphrodite and her Roman counterpart Venus, as contrasted with the earthly aspect known as Aphrodite Pandemos: heavenly, spiritual.
- In the example corpus, uranian often appears in combinations such as: the uranian, uranian moons, uranian rings.
Context around Uranian
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Uranian
- In this selection, "uranian" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, known, full, two, moons, rings and satellite stand out and add context to how "uranian" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include among the uranian moons only and among uranian moons umbriel. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "uranian" sits close to words such as abattoirs, aberrant and abike, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with uranian
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In fact, among the Uranian moons only Oberon has more impact craters than Umbriel. (14 words)
It would take about twenty years to get to the Uranian system after departing Saturn. (15 words)
The surface is the darkest among Uranian moons, and appears to have been shaped primarily by impacts. (17 words)
The intensity of radiation within the Uranian belts is such that irradiation would "quickly" darken — within 100,000 years — any methane that is trapped in the icy surfaces of the inner moons and ring particles. (35 words)
The Uranian satellite system is the least massive among those of the giant planets; the combined mass of the five major satellites would be less than half that of Triton (largest moon of Neptune ) alone. (35 words)
Surface features Map of Umbriel showing polygons Umbriel's surface is the darkest of the Uranian moons, and reflects less than half as much light as Ariel, a sister satellite of similar size. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
All nine of the previously known Uranian rings were studied by the instruments of Voyager 2. These measurements showed that the Uranian rings are distinctly different from those at Jupiter and Saturn.
Among Uranian moons Umbriel was least subjected to endogenic resurfacing processes, although it may like other Uranian moons have experienced a very early resurfacing event.
The delay was due to the fact that Russia did not want to create issues while negotiations on Uranian nuclear program were going on.
Before the arrival of Voyager 2, no measurements of the Uranian magnetosphere had been taken, so its nature remained a mystery.
Determining the nature of this seasonal variation is difficult because good data on Uranus's atmosphere have existed for less than 84 years, or one full Uranian year.
For a short period from March to May 2004, large clouds appeared in the Uranian atmosphere, giving it a Neptune-like appearance.
In fact, among the Uranian moons only Oberon has more impact craters than Umbriel.
Its effects include a drag on small particles orbiting Uranus, causing a general depletion of dust in the Uranian rings.
It would take about twenty years to get to the Uranian system after departing Saturn.
Miranda's orbital inclination (4.34°) is unusually high for a body so close to its planet, and roughly ten times that of the other Uranian satellites.
Surface features Map of Umbriel showing polygons Umbriel's surface is the darkest of the Uranian moons, and reflects less than half as much light as Ariel, a sister satellite of similar size.
The concentration of hydrocarbons in the Uranian stratosphere above the haze is significantly lower than in the stratospheres of the other giant planets.
The intensity of radiation within the Uranian belts is such that irradiation would "quickly" darken — within 100,000 years — any methane that is trapped in the icy surfaces of the inner moons and ring particles.
Their small mass and high temperatures explain why the corona extends as far as 50 000 km, or two Uranian radii, from its surface.
The origin and evolution of this varied geology, the most of any Uranian satellite, are still not fully understood, and multiple hypotheses exist regarding Miranda's formation.
The particle population is strongly affected by the Uranian moons, which sweep through the magnetosphere, leaving noticeable gaps.
The precise composition of the subnebula is not known; however, the higher density of Uranian moons compared to the moons of Saturn indicates that it may have been relatively water-poor.
The surface is the darkest among Uranian moons, and appears to have been shaped primarily by impacts.
The Uranian ionosphere is denser than that of either Saturn or Neptune, which may arise from the low concentration of hydrocarbons in the stratosphere.
The Uranian satellite system is the least massive among those of the giant planets; the combined mass of the five major satellites would be less than half that of Triton (largest moon of Neptune ) alone.
Common combinations with uranian
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: