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Phobosian

Phobosian adjective: pertaining to Phobos.

Adjective

Phobosian (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to Phobos.
    • The origin of superheavy ions (M/q>100) is still open. Have it the Phobosian or the Martian origin?1993, P. A. Bernhardt, Diedrich Möhlmann, Space plasma physics, page 62
    • Far out across the Dust Sea, a great, rolling cloud of debris was being blown high into the Phobosian sky—easily eclipsing the plume generated by Beuller's pulses—fifty, maybe sixty meters up and rising.2004, Ty Drago, Phobos, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    Phobian

Noun

Phobosian (plural Phobosians)

  1. Someone from Phobos.
    • I was taking Valerie's kid to the Central Park Zoo when the Phobosians and the Deimosians started uprooting the city's power cables.2002, Peter Crowther, Mars Probes, →ISBN, page 221
    • The Phobosians are encamped outside Grand Central Station, barely a block away.2013, James Morrow, The Cat's Pyjamas, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    Phobian

Examples of Phobosian in a sentence

  • After four days of thorough medical examinations, physicians from each species concluded a high level of mutualism could exist between the Phobosians and the Interspecies Coalition species.2013, Nathan Skaggs, The Red Star Encounter: The Dream Seers, →ISBN:
  • Meanwhile, the female Phobosian who had introduced herself as Jay Jay led the passengers down a long, narrow ramp that was just wide enough for two people to walk side by side.2015, E.M. Smith, The Shadow of Olympus, →ISBN, page 203:

Synonyms of Phobosian

Forms of Phobosian

pluralPhobosians

Origin of Phobosian

From Phobos + -ian.

Questions about Phobosian

What does Phobosian mean?
Phobosian means pertaining to Phobos.
How do you use Phobosian in a sentence?
After four days of thorough medical examinations, physicians from each species concluded a high level of mutualism could exist between the Phobosians and the Interspecies Coalition species.
What part of speech is Phobosian?
Phobosian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Phobosian in the dictionary

  1. phobocratic
  2. phobogenic
  3. phobophobia
  4. phoborhodopsin
  5. Phobos
  6. Phobosian
  7. Phobosians
  8. phobosophy
  9. phobotactic
  10. phobotaxes
  11. phobotaxis

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