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Venusian

[ vuh-noo-shuhn, -shee-uhn, -see-uhn, -nyoo- ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to the planet Venus.


noun

  1. a supposed being inhabiting or coming from Venus.

Venusian

/ vɪˈnjuːzɪən /

adjective

  1. of, occurring on, or relating to the planet Venus


noun

  1. (in science fiction) an inhabitant of Venus

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Venusian1

First recorded in 1895–1900; Venus + -ian

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Example Sentences

The probe will also take some of the highest-resolution photos of the Venusian surface yet on its way down.

Although Olaf is hard at work helping scientists figure out what it will take to build a successful Europa lander, the mission itself, like its Venusian counterpart, remains only on some planetary scientists’ wish lists for now.

Last week, one such team published a not-yet-peer-reviewed paper online suggesting that a privately funded fleet of balloons could search for life wafting in the Venusian clouds as soon as 2022.

On the other hand, maybe there’s just a gap in Earthling chemistry textbooks, and some weird geochemical reactions produce Venusian phosphine.

Spacecraft that descend through the Venusian atmosphere can make much of the trip without a parachute, descending like a marble in a can of house paint.

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Anderson surveys love and belonging, Venusian themes, from the passive-male Taurus perspective.

Which was why Ke-teeli, our boss, was descending upon us with all the grace of an enraged Venusian vinosaur.

If we had the sense of a Venusian water nit, we'd blast out of here so quick our tail fumes'd take off with us!

Suddenly the melancholy Venusian scene she was creating depressed him, as if it had been a reflection of his own barren life.

Fading light of the Venusian day cast a glint of metallic gray from its scaling of interlocked rings.

Martian, Venusian, Asteroid colonist—inwardly they were still all Terran and on that point he would rest.

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