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titanian

/taɪˈteɪniən/

titanian adjective: containing tetravalent titanium.

Adjective (1)

titanian (not comparable)

  1. Containing tetravalent titanium.

Adjective (2) capitalized: Titanian

Titanian (not comparable)

  1. (Greek) Of the Titans
    • As whom the fables name of monstrous size, / Titanian or earth-born, that warred on Jove, […]1674, Milton, Paradise Lost
  2. Of Titan, the largest moon of Saturn.
    • if Trafton's (1972) detection of Titanian H₂ is correct, ...1974, McDonough & Brice, "The Saturnian 'Gas-Doughnut' Hypothesis", in A. Woszczyk, ed., Exploration of the Planetary System, p 484
    • The Titanian atmosphere consists predominantly of nitrogen gas, with only a few percent methane, the simplest organic molecule.2006, Kevin W. Plaxco, Michael Gross, Astrobiology: A Brief Introduction, Johns Hopkins University Press, page 238
  3. Of or relating to the Shakespearean faerie queen Titania
    • the yin and the yang, or the Oberonic and the Titanian2002, Lewis, Anthony Burgess: A Biography, page 387
  4. Of Titania, the largest moon of Uranus.
    • an isolated colony of Uranus' moon Titania, one of the diminishing vestiges of the Titanian Empire1985, Piers Anthony, Bio of a Space Tyrant, vol. 3: Politician

Noun capitalized: Titanian

Titanian (plural Titanians)

  1. An inhabitant of Titan (the Saturnian moon) or of Titania

Forms of titanian

Adjective
alternative formTitanean
alternative formTitanic
Noun
pluralTitanians

Origin of titanian

From titanium + -ian.

Words that rhyme with titanian

12 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about titanian

What does titanian mean?
Titanian means containing tetravalent titanium.
What part of speech is titanian?
Titanian can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce titanian?
Titanian is pronounced /taɪˈteɪniən/.

Words near titanian in the dictionary

  1. titanesque
  2. Titaness
  3. Titanesses
  4. titania
  5. Titaniac
  6. titanian
  7. Titanians
  8. titanic
  9. titanic acid
  10. titanic acids
  11. titanic prime

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