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Titanean en · ADJ
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(not-comparable) Of the Titans, literally or figuratively.
[The sandstone] is broken into immense angular fragments forty feet and less, in diameter, which lie about like the work of Titanean quarrymen.
1861, First biennial report of the progress of the geological survey of Michigan:For Lightning she'd have strook: or by some Spell / The bold Titanean Brethren rais'd from Hell
1702, Edward Sherburne, The Tragedies of L. Annaeus Seneca the Philosopher:
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(not-comparable) Of Titan, the largest moon of Saturn.
for Titan the shallow-atmosphere approximation is a much poorer one (8% of the titanean radius).
2003, Luz et al. "Latitudinal transport by barotropic waves in Titan's stratosphere", Icarus 166, 343–358
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Titanean en · NOUN
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An inhabitant of Titan (the Saturnian moon)
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