LOKI

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• LOKI (noun)
  The noun LOKI has 1 sense:

1. (Norse mythology) trickster; god of discord and mischief; contrived death of Balder and was overcome by Thor

  Familiarity information: LOKI used as a noun is very rare.

• LOKI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Norse mythology) trickster; god of discord and mischief; contrived death of Balder and was overcome by Thor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Norse deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Norsemen)

Domain category:

Norse mythology (the mythology of Scandinavia (shared in part by Britain and Germany) until the establishment of Christianity)

 Context examples 

One of the most curious things to come out of our observations of Io is the periodic brightening seen at Loki Patera every 400 to 600 days.

(Massive Lava Waves Detected on Solar System’s Most Volcanically Active Object, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

New observations suggests that the largest of these lakes, Loki Patera, produces enormous waves that repeatedly flow around the molten surface.

(Massive Lava Waves Detected on Solar System’s Most Volcanically Active Object, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Analysis of the data showed that the surface temperature of Loki Patera steadily increased from one end to the other, suggesting that lava had overturned in two waves that swept from east to west at a rate of 3,300 feet (1 km) per day.

(Massive Lava Waves Detected on Solar System’s Most Volcanically Active Object, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Thanks to a rare orbital alignment between Europa and Io, an international team of researchers has identified and tracked a pair of lava waves as they coursed around Loki Patera, which is larger than Lake Ontario, and with a surface area of 8,300 square miles (21,500 square km).

(Massive Lava Waves Detected on Solar System’s Most Volcanically Active Object, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)