MARS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mars mean? 

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

1. a small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye; minerals rich in iron cover its surface and are responsible for its characteristic color

2. (Roman mythology) Roman god of war and agriculture; father of Romulus and Remus; counterpart of Greek Ares

  Familiarity information: MARS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MARS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye; minerals rich in iron cover its surface and are responsible for its characteristic color

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Mars; Red Planet

Context example:

Mars has two satellites

Instance hypernyms:

superior planet (any of the planets whose orbit lies outside the earth's orbit)

terrestrial planet (a planet having a compact rocky surface like the Earth's; the four innermost planets in the solar system)

Holonyms ("Mars" is a member of...):

solar system (the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field)

Derivation:

Martian (of or relating to the planet Mars (or its fictional inhabitants))

Sense 2

Meaning:

(Roman mythology) Roman god of war and agriculture; father of Romulus and Remus; counterpart of Greek Ares

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)

 Context examples 

In matters of love and romance, Mars in Scorpio will see to it that you will be your charming best, and your good energy will draw others to you.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Its data, coupled with images from a camera aboard the orbiter called the Mars Context Imager (MARCI), enabled scientists to detect numerous swelling dust towers.

(Global Storms on Mars Launch Dust Towers Into the Sky, NASA)

After that he sat up and gazed about him, as might the first man of the earth who landed upon Mars.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

It also plans next year to launch a spacecraft headed to Mars.

(SpaceX Completes Successful Rocket Launch, VOA News)

The Moon was formed when Earth was hit by a body about the size of Mars, also called Theia.

(Moon’s Formation Brought Water to Earth, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

NASA has big plans for returning astronauts to the Moon in 2024, a stepping stone on the path to sending humans to Mars.

(NASA's Treasure Map for Water Ice on Mars, NASA)

Ten years ago, the European Space Agency's Mars Express found an ultraviolet glow coming from "magnetic umbrellas" in the southern hemisphere.

(Auroras on Mars, NASA)

The Beagle 2 Mars Lander, built by the United Kingdom, has been thought lost on Mars since 2003, but has now been found in images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

('Lost' 2003 Mars Lander Found by Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA)

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover recorded this view of the sun setting at the close of the mission's 956th Martian day, or sol (April 15, 2015), from the rover's location in Gale Crater.

(Sunset in Mars' Gale Crater, NASA)

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity completed its first Red Planet distance on March 24, 2015 - 42.195 kilometers - with a finish time of roughly 11 years and two months.

(Opportunity Mars Rover Passes Marathon Distance, NASA)