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titanesses

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Ti⋅tan

  [tahyt-n]
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–noun
1. Classical Mythology.
a. any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
b. Also, Ti⋅tan⋅ess. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
c. any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
2. the Titan, Helios.
3. Astronomy. one of the moons of Saturn.
4. (usually lowercase) a person or thing of enormous size, strength, power, influence, etc.: a titan of industry.
5. Military. a two-stage, liquid-fueled U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile in service since the late 1950s and designed for launch from underground silos.
–adjective
6. (lowercase) titanic 2 (def. 2).
Origin:
1400–50; late ME: the sun, Helios < L Tītān < Gk Tītn
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Ti·tan·ess   (tīt'n-ĭs)   
n.   Greek Mythology
One of the daughters of Gaea and Uranus who sought to rule heaven and were overthrown and supplanted by Zeus.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

titan 
1412, from L. Titan, from Gk. Titan, member of a mythological race of giants who attempted to scale heaven by piling Mount Pelion on Mount Ossa but were overthrown by Zeus and the gods. They descended from Titan, elder brother of Kronos. Perhaps from tito "sun, day," which is probably a loan-word from a language of Asia Minor. Sense of "person or thing of enormous size" first recorded 1828. Applied to planet Saturn's largest satellite in 1868; it was discovered 1655 by Du. astronomer Christiaan Huygens, who named it Saturni Luna "moon of Saturn.". Titanic "gigantic, colossal" is first recorded 1709.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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