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Definition of Mars
Pronunciation: märz | prop. n. | 1. | (Rom. Myth.) The god of war and husbandry. | | 2. | (Astron.) One of the planets of the solar system, the fourth in order from the sun, or the next beyond the earth, having a diameter of about 4,200 miles, a period of 687 days, and a mean distance of 141,000,000 miles. It is conspicuous for the redness of its light. | | 3. | (Alchemy) The metallic element iron, the symbol of which | Mars brown | | a bright, somewhat yellowish, brown. | |
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