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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Jupiter
    n 1: the largest planet and the 5th from the sun; has many
         satellites and is one of the brightest objects in the night
         sky
    2: (Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek
       Zeus [syn: Jupiter, Jove]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Jupiter \Ju"pi*ter\, n. [L., fr. Jovis pater. See Jove.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. (Rom. Myth.) The supreme deity, king of gods and men, and
      reputed to be the son of Saturn and Rhea; Jove. He
      corresponds to the Greek Zeus.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Astron.) One of the planets, being the fifth from the
      sun, the brightest except Venus, and the largest of them
      all, its mean radius being about 43,345 miles (69,758
      kilometers), almost exactly one-tenth that of the sun. It
      revolves about the sun in 4,332.6 days, at a mean distance
      of 5.2025 from the sun (778,140,000 km), the earth's mean
      distance (the astronomical unit) being taken as unity. It
      has a mass of 1.901 x 10^27 kg, about one-thousandth
      that of the sun, and more than the remainder of the
      planets combined. It has an average solar day equal to
      9.842 earth hours. The rapid revolution causes a
      noticeable flattening at the poles; the diameter at the
      equator is 71,370 km, and at the poles 66,644 km. --HCP61
      [1913 Webster +PJC]

   Jupiter's beard. (Bot.)
      (a) A South European herb, with cymes of small red
          blossoms (Centranthus ruber).
      (b) The houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum); -- so called
          from its massive inflorescence, like the sculptured
          beard of Jove. --Prior.
      (c) the cloverlike Anthyllis Barba-Jovis.

   Jupiter's staff (Bot.), the common mullein; -- so called
      from its long, rigid spike of yellow blossoms. Jupon

3. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003)
jupiter
 vt.

    [IRC] To kill an IRC bot or user and then take its place by adopting
    its nick so that it cannot reconnect. Named after a particular IRC user
    who did this to NickServ, the robot in charge of preventing people from
    inadvertently using a nick claimed by another user. Now commonly shortened
    to jupe.

    K


4. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)
jupiter

   To kill an IRC robot or user and then take its place by
   adopting its nick so that it cannot reconnect.  Named after
   a particular IRC user who did this to NickServ, the robot in
   charge of preventing people from inadvertently using a nick
   claimed by another user.

   [Jargon File]

   (1994-11-23)


5. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Jupiter
   the principal deity of the ancient Greeks and Romans. He was
   worshipped by them under various epithets. Barnabas was
   identified with this god by the Lycaonians (Acts 14:12), because
   he was of stately and commanding presence, as they supposed
   Jupiter to be. There was a temple dedicated to this god outside
   the gates of Lystra (14:13).
   

6. Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)
Jupiter, the father that helpeth


7. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Jupiter, FL -- U.S. town in Florida
   Population (2000):    39328
   Housing Units (2000): 20943
   Land area (2000):     19.998551 sq. miles (51.796007 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    1.125379 sq. miles (2.914719 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    21.123930 sq. miles (54.710726 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            35875
   Located within:       Florida (FL), FIPS 12
   Location:             26.925985 N, 80.104963 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     33458 33477 33478
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Jupiter, FL
    Jupiter


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