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Tethys

[ tee-this ]

noun

  1. Classical Mythology. a Titan, a daughter of Uranus and Gaia, the wife of Oceanus and mother of the Oceanids and river gods.
  2. Astronomy. one of the moons of Saturn.
  3. Geology. the Mesozoic ocean or seaway of which the Mediterranean Sea is a greatly shrunken remnant.


Tethys

1

/ ˈtɛθ-; ˈtiːθɪs /

noun

  1. the sea that lay between Laurasia and Gondwanaland, the two supercontinents formed by the first split of the larger supercontinent Pangaea. The Tethys Sea can be regarded as the predecessor of today's smaller Mediterranean See also Pangaea
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Tethys

2

/ ˈtiːθɪs; ˈtɛθ- /

noun

  1. Greek myth a Titaness and sea goddess, wife of Oceanus
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Tethys

3

/ ˈtiːθɪs; ˈtɛθ- /

noun

  1. a large satellite of the planet Saturn
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Tethys1

From Latin Tēthys, from Greek Tēthýs; further origin uncertain; Tethys def 1 was first recorded in 1700–10; Tethys def 2 in 1845–50; and Tethys def 3 in 1890–95
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Example Sentences

There were no consequences of the Tethys' visit except that card.

So the Survey-Ship Tethys made sure that the world had no life upon it.

Between these land masses lay a great Mediterranean sea—the “Tethys” of Suess.

During the whole of which vast period Kashmir was covered with the waters of the Tethys.

Tethys is nothing more than the name of a spring—to diattomenon kai ethoumenon.

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