Deimos

[ dahy-mos ]

noun
  1. an ancient Greek personification of terror, a son of Ares and Aphrodite.

  2. Astronomy. one of the two moons of Mars.

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How to use Deimos in a sentence

  • An investigation machine was instantly dispatched from Deimos, and it maintained an acceleration of one thousand units.

    The Last Evolution | John Wood Campbell
  • Eclipses of Deimos by the planet and occultations of it by the other satellite are very frequent.

British Dictionary definitions for Deimos

Deimos

/ (ˈdeɪmɒs) /


noun
  1. the smaller of the two satellites of Mars and the more distant from the planet. Approximate diameter: 13 km: Compare Phobos

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Scientific definitions for Deimos

Deimos

[ mōs, dā- ]


  1. The satellite of Mars that is second in distance from the planet.

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