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Mimantean
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English
Alternative forms
en Mimantian
Etymology
From en grc Μίμᾱς -ean.
Pronunciation
en /mɪˈmænti.ən/
Adjective
en mythology Of or relating to the giant Mimas in Greek mythology
en 1908 Jane Ellen Harrison Prolegomena to the study of Greek religion Orphic Mysteries 514 Draughts from the fount of Nile [...] or the steep Mimantian height, Snow-capped
en astronomy Of or relating to the Saturnian moon named for Mimas
en 2008 Samantha Harvey (NASA/JPL) Solar System Exploration http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/science/moons/mimas Saturn: Moons: Mimas This is puzzling because Mimas is closer to Saturn than Enceladus, and the Mimantean orbit is much more eccentric (out of round) than the Enceladean orbit. 10 February 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20090406090108/http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/science/moons/mimas 6 April 2009
en 2011 Paul M. Schenk Geology of Mimas? 42nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference a global thermal event early in Mimantian history erased all record of ancient impacts
Noun
en fiction An inhabitant of the Saturnian moon Mimas
en Feb 19, 2010 Hulles Mimas! sardonic postmodern humor http://hulles.blogspot.com/2010/02/mimas.html I went back to the grind of reviewing that day's Cassini photographs. Imagine my shock when I noticed that Mimas, one of the inner moons of Saturn, had acquired a concave depression in it since the last fly-by! Of course, I immediately realized that the Mimanteans had constructed a fully armed and operational Death Star! https://web.archive.org/web/20241216034355/https://hulles.blogspot.com/2010/02/mimas.html 16 December 2024
See also
Mimas
en Demonyms
en eponyms