Tethys

[ tee-this ]

/ ˈti θɪs /

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noun

Classical Mythology. a Titan, a daughter of Uranus and Gaia, the wife of Oceanus and mother of the Oceanids and river gods.

Astronomy. one of the moons of Saturn.

Geology. the Mesozoic ocean or seaway of which the Mediterranean Sea is a greatly shrunken remnant.

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Origin of Tethys

From Latin Tēthys, from Greek Tēthýs; further origin uncertain; def. 1 was first recorded in 1700–10; def. 2 in 1845–50; and def. 3 in 1890–95

Words nearby Tethys

tête-bêche, teth, tether, tetherball, tethered, Tethys, Tet offensive, Teton, Teton Range, Tétouan, tetr-

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How to use Tethys in a sentence

There were no consequences of the Tethys' visit except that card.
The Forgotten Planet|Murray Leinster
So the Survey-Ship Tethys made sure that the world had no life upon it.
The Forgotten Planet|Murray Leinster
Between these land masses lay a great Mediterranean sea—the “Tethys” of Suess.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3|Various
During the whole of which vast period Kashmir was covered with the waters of the Tethys.
The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays|J. (John) Joly

Tethys is nothing more than the name of a spring—to diattomenon kai ethoumenon.
Cratylus|Plato

British Dictionary definitions for Tethys (1 of 3)

Tethys¹

/ (ˈtiːθɪs, ˈtɛθ-) /

noun

Greek myth a Titaness and sea goddess, wife of Oceanus

British Dictionary definitions for Tethys (2 of 3)

Tethys²

/ (ˈtiːθɪs, ˈtɛθ-) /

noun

a large satellite of the planet Saturn

British Dictionary definitions for Tethys (3 of 3)

Tethys³

/ (ˈtiːθɪs, ˈtɛθ-) /

noun

the sea that lay between Laurasia and Gondwanaland, the two supercontinents formed by the first split of the larger supercontinent Pangaea. The Tethys Sea can be regarded as the predecessor of today's smaller MediterraneanSee also Pangaea

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