"gas giant" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gas giants [plural]
Etymology: From gas + giant, coined by American science-fiction writer James Blish and first attested in 1952 in a rewritten version of his 1941 short story "Solar Plexus". Etymology templates: {{com|en|gas|giant}} gas + giant, {{coinage|en|James Blish|nat=American|nocap=1|occ=science-fiction writer}} coined by American science-fiction writer James Blish Head templates: {{en-noun}} gas giant (plural gas giants)
  1. (astronomy) A large planet composed mostly of gaseous hydrogen and helium, along with methane and ammonia; possibly with a solid core. Wikipedia link: gas giant Categories (topical): Astronomy, Types of planets Synonyms: Jovian planet, gas giant planet Hypernyms: giant planet Hyponyms: Jupiter, Saturn Related terms: ice giant, dwarf planet, minor planet, Neptune (english: ice giant), Uranus (english: ice giant) Coordinate_terms: major planet Coordinate_terms (terrestrial planet / rocky planet): silicate planet, silicon planet, carbide planet, carbon planet Translations (large planet of gas): 氣態巨行星 (Chinese Mandarin), 气态巨行星 (qìtài jùxíngxīng) (Chinese Mandarin), gasogiganto (Esperanto), kaasujättiläinen (Finnish), géante gazeuse [feminine] (French), Gasriese [masculine] (German), Gasplanet [masculine] (German), gázóriás (Hungarian), 巨大ガス惑星 (kyodai gasu wakusei) (Japanese), gigante gasoso [masculine] (Portuguese), га́зовый гига́нт (gázovyj gigánt) [masculine] (Russian), га́зовая плане́та (gázovaja planéta) [feminine] (Russian), plínski velikán [masculine] (Slovene), gigante gaseoso [masculine] (Spanish), pandikizi la gesi (Swahili), gasjätte [common-gender] (Swedish), га́зовий гіга́нт (házovyj hihánt) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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