Saturnian

[ suh-tur-nee-uhn ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the planet Saturn.
2. of or relating to the god Saturn, whose reign is referred to as the “golden age.”
3. prosperous, happy, or peaceful:

   Saturnian days.

Saturnian

/ sæˈtɜːnɪən /

adjective

1. of or connected with the Roman god Saturn, whose reign was thought of as a golden age
2. of or relating to the planet Saturn
3. prosody denoting a very early verse form in Latin in which the accent was one of stress rather than quantity, there being an equal number of main stresses in each line, regardless of the number of unaccented syllables

noun

1. a line in Saturnian metre

Other Words From

• trans-Sa·turni·an adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Saturnian¹

1550–60; < Latin Sāturni ( us ) of Saturn + -an

Example Sentences

When scientists using NASA's Cassini space probe discovered organic compounds in blocks of ice from Enceladus, they wondered if this meant the Saturnian moon might have the ingredients for life.

From Salon

The mission ended in 2017 when Cassini plunged into the Saturnian atmosphere, after diving 22 times between the planet and its rings.

From Science Daily

New research indicates its rings are relatively young, cosmically speaking, and astronomers have also just announced the discovery of a whole passel of tiny Saturnian satellites that make the planet the current record holder for the greatest number of moons.

From Scientific American

Long live Sun Ra and the Saturnian Queen — I am truly, truly thankful for them.

From New York Times

That sounds pretty far-out, Phillips says—until one recalls that the Cassini spacecraft flawlessly performed a similar stunt at Enceladus, a Saturnian moon that harbors subsurface reservoirs and erupting plumes as well.

From Scientific American