Iapetus

专有名词
中文释义

英文释义

专有名词
  1. A Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia, and father of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius. Greek
  2. A moon in Saturnian system, Solar System: The third largest moon of Saturn
  3. A former ocean between former continent of Laurentia (North America) and former continent of Baltica (Europe): An ancient ocean which existed between 600 and 400 million years ago.
    — So, in the early Ordovician, Iapetus was wide enough to have one side in high latitudes and the other in the tropics: a massive ocean, indeed.
  4. Alternative form of Japheth. alt-of,alternative,obsolete

词形变化

Japetus alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
Iapetian Iapetus Ocean Iapetus Ridge Iapetus Suture
相关词
Iapetic

词源

From Latin Iapetus, from Ancient Greek Ἰαπετός (Iapetós), possibly from Pre-Greek.
* (moon): Named after the titan.
* (ocean): The Iapetus Ocean was the predecessor to the Atlantic Ocean, so this name was chosen because Iapetus is the father of Atlas (see Atlantic).
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