Oceanus
Americannoun
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a Titan who was the son of Uranus and Gaia, the consort of Tethys, and the father of the river gods and Oceanids.
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a great stream of water encircling the earth and believed to be the source of all rivers, lakes, etc.
noun
Etymology
Origin of Oceanus
First recorded in 1580–1600; from Latin Ōceanus, from Greek Ōkeanós; further origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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In 2020 Chang'e 5 brought back 1.7kg of material from an area called Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon's near side.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2024
China's Chang'e-5, the first lunar sample return mission since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976, delivered 1.73 kilograms of regolith from the Oceanus Procellarum, a plane named for its vast size.
From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 2024
The sea god Oceanus will allow Nymphia to save him if she sacrifices her memories and her human form and becomes a mermaid.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2022
One of Intuitive Machines’ Nova-Cs will carry six payloads to Oceanus Procellarum, a vast dark plain on the western edge of the moon.
From Scientific American • Aug. 2, 2022
Poseidon was under siege and losing a war against the sea Titan Oceanus.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
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