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Mars - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'Mars' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Mars [ n.]
- The god of war and husbandry.
- One of the planets of the solar system, the fourth in order from the sun, or the next beyond the earth, having a diameter of about 4,200 miles, a period of 687 days, and a mean distance of 141,000,000 miles. It is conspicuous for the redness of its light.
- The metallic element iron, the symbol of which / was the same as that of the planet Mars.

Meaning of 'Mars' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . mars [ n]
Meaning (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
Example in sentence:
  • Mars has two satellites