one of the giant planets, the sixth planet from the sun, around which revolve planar concentric rings (Saturn's rings) consisting of small frozen particles. The planet has 82 known satellites. Mean distance from sun: 1425 million km; period of revolution around sun: 29.41 years; period of axial rotation: 10.23 hours; equatorial diameter and mass: 9.26 and 95.3 times that of the earth, respectively
See also Titan2
2.
any of a series of large US space rockets; the Saturn V was the launch vehicle for the Apollo missions (1968–72)
3. the alchemical name for lead2
Saturn in American English
(ˈsætərn)
noun
1. Roman Mythology
the god of agriculture: identified with the Greek Cronus
2.
the second largest planet of the solar system and the sixth in distance from the sun: it has a thin, icy ring system around its equator: diameter, c. 120,540 km (c. 74,900 mi); period of revolution, 29.46 earth years; period of rotation, 10.66 hours; 60 satellites;symbol, ♄
3. Alchemy
lead2 (sense 1)
Word origin
ME Saturne < OE < L Saturnus < Etr; (sense 3) ML use of L Saturnus