Tethys
Classical Mythology. a Titan, a daughter of Uranus and Gaia, the wife of Oceanus and mother of the Oceanids and river gods.
Astronomy. one of the moons of Saturn.
Geology. the Mesozoic ocean or seaway of which the Mediterranean Sea is a greatly shrunken remnant.
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There were no consequences of the Tethys' visit except that card.
The Forgotten Planet | Murray LeinsterSo the Survey-Ship Tethys made sure that the world had no life upon it.
The Forgotten Planet | Murray LeinsterBetween these land masses lay a great Mediterranean sea—the “Tethys” of Suess.
During the whole of which vast period Kashmir was covered with the waters of the Tethys.
The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays | J. (John) JolyTethys is nothing more than the name of a spring—to diattomenon kai ethoumenon.
Cratylus | Plato
British Dictionary definitions for Tethys (1 of 3)
/ (ˈtiːθɪs, ˈtɛθ-) /
Greek myth a Titaness and sea goddess, wife of Oceanus
British Dictionary definitions for Tethys (2 of 3)
/ (ˈtiːθɪs, ˈtɛθ-) /
a large satellite of the planet Saturn
British Dictionary definitions for Tethys (3 of 3)
/ (ˈtiːθɪs, ˈtɛθ-) /
the sea that lay between Laurasia and Gondwanaland, the two supercontinents formed by the first split of the larger supercontinent Pangaea. The Tethys Sea can be regarded as the predecessor of today's smaller Mediterranean: See also Pangaea
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