Enceladus en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ɛnˈsɛlədəs/
Etymology
From Latin Enceladus, from Ancient Greek Ἐγκέλαδος (Enkélados).
Meanings
- (Greek) A giant in Greek mythology.
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A moon of Saturn.
Such cryovolcanism probably occurred on Saturn's moon Enceladus (below right), where ices oozed through fissures.
1990 August, Bradford A. Smith, “Voyage of the Century”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, page 65:
Deriveds
Enceladean · Enceladan · Gaia-Enceladus
Translations (34)
pt Encélado (moon of Saturn) · ja エンケラドゥス (moon of Saturn) · it Encelado (moon of Saturn) · be Энцэла́д (moon of Saturn) · hy Էնցելադ (moon of Saturn) · pl Enceladus (moon of Saturn) · uk Енцела́д (moon of Saturn) · ru Энцела́д (moon of Saturn) · bg Енцела́д (moon of Saturn) · ar إِنْسِيلَادُوس (moon of Saturn) · ko 엔셀라두스 (moon of Saturn) · fr Encelade (moon of Saturn) · es Encélado (moon of Saturn) · fr Encelade (mythology) · de Enceladus (moon of Saturn) · eo Encelado (moon of Saturn) · ru Энцела́д (mythology) · cmn 土衛二 /土卫二 (moon of Saturn) · ja エンケラドス (moon of Saturn) · ja エンセラダス (moon of Saturn) · ka ენცელადი (moon of Saturn) · fa انسلادوس (moon of Saturn) · mn Энселадус (moon of Saturn) · pl Enkelados (mythology) · hi ऍनसॅलाडस (moon of Saturn) · tr Enseladus (moon of Saturn) · el Εγκέλαδος (moon of Saturn) · sh Encelad (moon of Saturn) · grc Ἐγκέλαδος (mythology) · ast Encéladu (moon of Saturn) · fi Enceladus (moon of Saturn) · sh Енцелад (moon of Saturn) · es Encélado (mythology) · el Εγκέλαδος (mythology)