Venusian

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

/ vəˈnu ʃən, -ʃi ən, -si ən, -ˈnyu- /

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adjective

of or relating to the planet Venus.

noun

a supposed being inhabiting or coming from Venus.

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Origin of Venusian

First recorded in 1895–1900; Venus + -ian

Words nearby Venusian

Venusberg, Venus de Milo, Venus figure, Venus flytrap, Venus hairstone, Venusian, Venus's flower basket, Venus's-flytrap, Venus's girdle, Venus's-hair, Venus shell

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How to use Venusian in a sentence

The probe will also take some of the highest-resolution photos of the Venusian surface yet on its way down.
NASA will be heading back to Venus for the first time in decades|Lisa Grossman|June 2, 2021|Science News
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.
How future spacecraft might handle tricky landings on Venus or Europa|Lisa Grossman|December 23, 2020|Science News
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.
Three ways scientists could search for life on Venus|Charlie Wood|October 1, 2020|Popular-Science
On the other hand, maybe there’s just a gap in Earthling chemistry textbooks, and some weird geochemical reactions produce Venusian phosphine.
Hope for life on Venus survives for centuries against all odds|Tom Siegfried|September 25, 2020|Science News

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.
Signs of Life on Venus Hint at Biology Pretty Much Anywhere in the Universe|Jeffrey Kluger|September 15, 2020|Time
Anderson surveys love and belonging, Venusian themes, from the passive-male Taurus perspective.
Zodiac Beast: May 1-7|Starsky + Cox|April 30, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Which was why Ke-teeli, our boss, was descending upon us with all the grace of an enraged Venusian vinosaur.
The Holes and John Smith|Edward W. Ludwig
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!
Star Born|Andre Norton
Suddenly the melancholy Venusian scene she was creating depressed him, as if it had been a reflection of his own barren life.
The Star Lord|Boyd Ellanby
Fading light of the Venusian day cast a glint of metallic gray from its scaling of interlocked rings.
Shock Treatment|Stanley Mullen
Martian, Venusian, Asteroid colonist—inwardly they were still all Terran and on that point he would rest.
Plague Ship|Andre Norton

British Dictionary definitions for Venusian

Venusian

/ (vɪˈnjuːzɪən) /

adjective

of, occurring on, or relating to the planet Venus

noun

(in science fiction) an inhabitant of Venus

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