Definition of ceres Ceres
/sɪˈɹiz/ - [sireez] - Ce•res
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What does ceres mean?
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NounSingular: cere |
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| ceres - (Roman mythology) goddess of agriculture; counterpart of Greek Demeter | ||
| ceres - the largest asteroid and the first discovered |
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Wiktionary 
- ceres (Noun)
Plural of cere.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ceres (n.)
The daughter of Saturn and Ops or Rhea, the goddess of corn and tillage. - ceres (n.)
The first discovered asteroid.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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ceres
Dwarf planet in the asteroid belt
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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ceres
sē′rēz, n. the Roman name for the Greek Demētēr, goddess of tillage and corn.—adj. Cē′real, relating to corn or edible grain.—n.pl. Cē′reals, the grains used as food, such as wheat, barley, &c. [L. prob. from root of creāre, to create.]
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"This article is about the goddess for the dwarf planet see "Ceres(planet)'
Ceres is the goddess of farming in Roman mythology. -
dwarf planet
Ceres (,), also known as 1 Ceres, is the smallest dwarf planet in the Solar System and the only one in the main asteroid belt. It was discovered on January 1, 1801, by Giuseppe Piazzi, and is named after the Roman goddess Ceres—the goddess of growing plants, the harvest, and of motherly love. After about 200 years from its discovery, the International Astronomical Union decided to upgrade Ceres from an asteroid (or minor planet) to dwarf planetary status in 2006.
With a diameter of about 950 km, Ceres is by far the largest and most massive object in the asteroid belt, and has about a third of the belt's total mass. Recent observations have discovered that the asteroid is spherical, unlike the irregular shapes of smaller bodies with lower gravity. At its brightest it is still too dim to be seen with the naked eye.
On September 27, 2007, NASA launched the Dawn Mission space probe to explore Ceres and Vesta. -
mythology
In Roman mythology, Ceres was the goddess of growing plants (particularly cereals) and of motherly love. Her name derives from the Proto-Indo-European root "ker", meaning "to grow", which is also the root for the words "create" and "increase".
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