Saturnian

American  

[suh-tur-nee-uhn] / səˈtɜr ni ən /

adjective

1. of or relating to the planet Saturn.

2. of or relating to the god Saturn, whose reign is referred to as the “golden age.”

3. prosperous, happy, or peaceful.

   Saturnian days.

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Saturnian British  

/ sæˈtɜːnɪən /

adjective

1. of or connected with the Roman god Saturn, whose reign was thought of as a golden age

2. of or relating to the planet Saturn

3. prosody denoting a very early verse form in Latin in which the accent was one of stress rather than quantity, there being an equal number of main stresses in each line, regardless of the number of unaccented syllables

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noun

1. a line in Saturnian metre

Other Word Forms

• trans-Saturnian adjective

Etymology

Origin of Saturnian

1550–60; < Latin Sāturni ( us ) of Saturn + -an

Example Sentences

When scientists using NASA's Cassini space probe discovered organic compounds in blocks of ice from Enceladus, they wondered if this meant the Saturnian moon might have the ingredients for life.

From Salon • May 29, 2024

The mission ended in 2017 when Cassini plunged into the Saturnian atmosphere, after diving 22 times between the planet and its rings.

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2023

Long live Sun Ra and the Saturnian Queen — I am truly, truly thankful for them.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2023

Titan’s sister Saturnian moon Enceladus has revealed its subsurface sea with geyserlike plumes venting from cracks near its south pole.

From Scientific American • Jul. 16, 2021

In Gibbon's time there were no public examinations at all, and no class-lists—a Saturnian reign which I understand it is now sought to restore.

From Res Judicat? Papers and Essays by Birrell, Augustine