CERES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ceres mean? 

• CERES (noun)
  The noun CERES has 2 senses:

1. (Roman mythology) goddess of agriculture; counterpart of Greek Demeter

2. the largest asteroid and the first discovered

  Familiarity information: CERES used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CERES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Roman mythology) goddess of agriculture; counterpart of Greek Demeter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Roman deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans)

Domain category:

Roman mythology (the mythology of the ancient Romans)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The largest asteroid and the first discovered

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

asteroid (any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter))

 Context examples 

This suggests that water ice can be stored in cold, dark craters on Ceres.

(Where is the Ice on Ceres?, NASA)

Craters with bright material on dwarf planet Ceres shine in new images from NASA's Dawn mission.

(New Ceres Images Show Bright Craters, NASA)

Dwarf planet Ceres continues to puzzle scientists as NASA's Dawn spacecraft gets closer to being captured into orbit around the object.

('Bright Spot' on Ceres Has Dimmer Companion, NASA)

Their distribution throughout the dwarf planet's crust indicates Ceres' surface material has been altered by a global process involving water.

(Ceres' Geological Activity, Ice Revealed in New Research, NASA)

The origins of Ceres' ice in cold traps are more mysterious, however.

(Where is the Ice on Ceres?, NASA)

In its lowest-altitude mapping orbit, at a distance of 240 miles (385 kilometers) from Ceres, Dawn has provided scientists with spectacular views of the dwarf planet.

(New Ceres Images Show Bright Craters, NASA)

Exposed water-ice is rare on Ceres, but the low density of Ceres, the impact-generated flows and the very existence of Ahuna Mons suggest that Ceres' crust does contain a significant component of water-ice.

(Ceres' Geological Activity, Ice Revealed in New Research, NASA)

A second study, focused on craters that are persistently in shadow in Ceres' northern hemisphere.

(Where is the Ice on Ceres?, NASA)

Dawn science team members are also examining the signatures of minerals on the crater floor, which appear different than elsewhere on Ceres.

(New Ceres Images Show Bright Craters, NASA)

The uneven distribution of craters indicates that the crust is not uniform, and that Ceres has gone through a complex geological evolution.

(Ceres' Geological Activity, Ice Revealed in New Research, NASA)