jovian

1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of Jovian.

comparative more Jovian · superlative most Jovian

1. astronomyPertaining to the planet Jupiter.

   Everything about last July's six-day-long collision of Jupiter and the twenty-one pieces that had made up Shoemaker-Levy was on the giant Jovian scale.

   1994, The Michigan Alumnus, page 19

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   Saturn and Uranus fit that pattern, although Saturn did reveal winds three times as fast as Jupiter's and convective storms, one of which (left, bottom) is as large as a Jovian white oval.

   1990 August, Bradford A. Smith, “Voyage of the Century”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, page 60

   Synonyms: Jovial

2. Romanhuman sciencesPertaining to the Roman god Jove or Jupiter (the counterpart of the Greek god Zeus); Jove-like; befitting Jupiter.

   Near-synonym: Zeusian

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   He did not admit of equals. But as a patron he was superb. With his Jovian air, his colossal condescension, his amused smile, his general suggestion of the god descending to the mortal, he could be quite overpowering in his amiability.

   1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019

   Synonyms: Jovial, Zeusian

plural Jovians

1. literatureAn imaginary inhabitant of the planet Jupiter.

   Synonyms: Jovial, Jupiterian

1. Flavius Jovianus Augustus (331–364), a Roman emperor.
2. A male given name from Latin