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(1):

(n.) The remotest known planet of our system, discovered - as a result of the computations of Leverrier, of Paris - by Galle, of Berlin, September 23, 1846. Its mean distance from the sun is about 2,775,000,000 miles, and its period of revolution is about 164,78 years.

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(n.) The son of Saturn and Ops, the god of the waters, especially of the sea. He is represented as bearing a trident for a scepter.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Neptune'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​n/neptune.html. 1828.
 
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