Plu·to (plt) PLUTE (Plutón)
1. Roman Mythology The
god of the dead and the ruler of the underworld.
2. A dwarf planet classified
as the ninth planet in our solar system, having sidereal period of revolution about the sun of
distant at perihelion at aphelion, and a diameter less than half that of Earth.
[Latin Plt, Pltn-, from
Greek Ploutn, from ploutos, wealth (from the belief that the underworld was the
source of wealth from the ground); see pleu- in Indo-European roots.]
PLUTO (ˈpluːtəʊ)
1. (Historical Terms)
the code name of pipelines laid under the English Channel to supply fuel to the
Allied forces landing in Normandy. Key, Chord, Note, Mark, Code, Rank, Range, Feature,
Character, Plume, Peculiarity, Action, Plot, Land, Flash, Wit, Wish, Wisdom, Culture,
Voice, Panel, Court, Vital, Type, Input,
Enter, Call, Basis, Means, Source,
Pluto (ˈpluːtəʊ)
1. (Classical Myth &
Legend) classical myth the god of the underworld; Hades
Pluto (ˈpluːtəʊ)
1. (Celestial Objects)
the second-largest dwarf planet in the solar system, located in the Kuiper
belt; discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh (1906-97); classified as a planet
until 2006, when it was reclassified as a dwarf planet. It has a diameter of
2390 km
[Latin, from Greek
Ploutōn, literally: the rich one]
Plu•to (ˈplu toʊ)
1. Hades (def. 2).
2. the planet ninth in
order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of about 1400 mi. (2250 km),
a mean distance from the sun of 3.674 billion mi. (5.914 billion km), a period
of revolution of 248.53 years, and one known moon.
Table, solar, system,
kosmo, gizmo, place, prone, plate, panel, channel, champ, campus, pile, circus,
round, block, equip, unity, world,
Crude, drunk, cold,
tacky, freeze, piss,
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