ice giant
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ice giant
noun ice giants
- A frost giant. The drops became living by the power of him who had sent the wind ; and from them sprang Ymir, the ice-giant.
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A giant planet composed mostly of astronomical ices (condensed forms of volatile compounds) including water, methane, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur, and smaller than a gas giant. (e.g. Neptune and Uranus)
The fifth planet was an unknown, an ice giant in a drunken skewed orbit that took it from just inside the Jovian's orbit almost out to the sixth planet's.
Similar: ice giant planet, Neptunian planet
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noun astronomy: type of giant planet
| 中文 | 冰巨行星 bīng jùxíngxīng |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | हिम दानव him dānav |
| Français | géante de glaces |
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title = {ice giant},
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