† circumsaturnianadj.n.
Astronomy. Obsolete.
Round (the planet) Saturn; a satellite of Saturn.
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the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > superior planet > [adjective] > Saturn > as centre
circumsaturnian1664
saturnicentric1791
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. iii. 163 The Secondary Planets, as the Circum-Saturnian, and the four Jovialists.
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circumsaˈturnal n.
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the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > satellite of Saturn > [noun]
circumsaturnal1696
circumsaturnial1715
1696 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth i. 23 The case being the same in..the Circumsaturnals about Saturn.
circumsaˈturnial n.
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the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > satellite of Saturn > [noun]
circumsaturnal1696
circumsaturnial1715
1715 W. Derham Astro-theol. vii. v. 176 The..outermost Circumsaturnial he [sc. Galileo] happened to see..in the year 1655.
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