Titan

[ tahyt-n ]
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noun
  1. Classical Mythology.

    • any of the sons of Uranus and Gaia, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.

    • Also Ti·tan·ess [tahyt-n-is]. /ˈtaɪt n ɪs/. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.

    • any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaia.

  2. the Titan, Helios.

  1. Astronomy. one of the moons of Saturn.

  2. (usually lowercase) a person or thing of enormous size, strength, power, influence, etc.: a titan of industry.

  3. Military. a two-stage, liquid-fueled U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile in service since the late 1950s and designed for launch from underground silos.

adjective
  1. (lowercase) titanic2 (def. 2).

Origin of Titan

1
Late Middle English: “the sun, Helios,” from Latin Tītān, from Greek Tītā́n; defs. 1 and 2 were first recorded in 1400–50; def. 3 was first recorded in 1865–70;

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How to use Titan in a sentence

  • And then another Titan effort, and suddenly—incredibly—there burst upon Thyrsis' sight an apparition.

    Love's Pilgrimage | Upton Sinclair
  • There was a narrow rift here between the Titan cliffs of darkness and he—the ship he was in—was fleeing across that rift.

    The Stars, My Brothers | Edmond Hamilton
  • He tells her a ghastly story of a Titan soul who starved in a garret and shot himself, crushed by the mockery of the world.

    Love's Pilgrimage | Upton Sinclair
  • He spoke of Dante and Angelo, who were two of his heroes; he told of great experiences among the latter's Titan frescos.

    Love's Pilgrimage | Upton Sinclair
  • Who was there to make that Titan agony real to them, to point them to the high destinies of the Republic?

    Love's Pilgrimage | Upton Sinclair

British Dictionary definitions for titan (1 of 3)

titan

/ (ˈtaɪtən) /


noun
  1. a person of great strength or size

Origin of titan

1
C17: from Titan 1

British Dictionary definitions for Titan (2 of 3)

Titan1

feminine Titaness

/ (ˈtaɪtən) /


nounGreek myth
  1. any of a family of primordial gods, the sons and daughters of Uranus (sky) and Gaea (earth)

  2. any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea

British Dictionary definitions for Titan (3 of 3)

Titan2

/ (ˈtaɪtən) /


noun
  1. the largest satellite of the planet Saturn, having a thick atmosphere consisting mainly of nitrogen. Diameter: 5150 km

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