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gas giant

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.47 in modern English

Syllables
gas -giant
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large planet composed mostly of gaseous hydrogen and helium, along with methane and ammonia; possibly with a solid core.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From gas + giant, coined by American science-fiction writer James Blish and first attested in 1952 in a rewritten version of his 1941 short story Solar Plexus.

Inflected Forms

gas giants (plural)

Phrases

ice giant dwarf planet minor planet

Frequently Paired Words

ice giant dwarf planet minor planet Neptune Uranus silicate planet silicon planet carbide planet

Synonyms

gas giant planet Jovian planet

Questions

What does gas giant mean?
A large planet composed mostly of gaseous hydrogen and helium, along with methane and ammonia; possibly with a solid core.
Where does gas giant come from?
From gas + giant, coined by American science-fiction writer James Blish and first attested in 1952 in a rewritten version of his 1941 short story Solar Plexus.

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