Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the planet Mars or its hypothetical inhabitants.
- noun A hypothetical inhabitant of the planet Mars, especially as a stock fictional character.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the god Mars or to war; warlike.
- Of or pertaining to the planet Mars; Martial.
- noun An (imaginary or possible) inhabitant of Mars.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Mars, the Roman god of war, or to the planet bearing his name; martial.
- proper noun An inhabitant of the planet Mars; -- fictional or hypothetical.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or relating to the planet
Mars . - adjective Of or relating to Martians.
- noun science fiction An
inhabitant of the planetMars .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun imaginary people who live on the planet Mars
- adjective of or relating to the planet Mars (or its fictional inhabitants)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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CH001 * A. Old Fashioned Martian Girl* by Mary A. Turzillo CH002 * Trophies and Treasures* by Jerry Oltion & A.y A.t Hanson CH003 * Viewschool* by Rajnar Vajra CH004 * The First Martian* by Joe Schembrie CH005 * Unbound* by Dave Creek CH006 Science Fact: * The Fifth Biorevolution* by Stephen L. Gillett, Ph. D.
Who Do You Say I Am 2010
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Here's what I call Martian alphabet, just like your alphabet, A is A, B is B, C is C, different shapes for different phonemes, right?
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Here's what I call Martian alphabet, just like your alphabet, A is A, B is B, C is C, different shapes for different phonemes, right?
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Here's what I call Martian alphabet, just like your alphabet, A is A, B is B, C is C, different shapes for different phonemes, right?
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The shuttle climbed through the thin Martian atmosphere, and headed toward the harbor in orbit.
365 tomorrows » Patricia Stewart : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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In the dead silence of the thin Martian atmosphere, I could hear the life support system of my environmental pack whine as it struggled to remove the excess heat, moisture, and carbon dioxide from my spacesuit.
365 tomorrows » Patricia Stewart : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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After a lunar base is establish, permanently manned orbiting facilities should be established in Martian orbit in order to exploit mine the regolith of the moons of Mars for oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, and mass shielding.
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In the dead silence of the thin Martian atmosphere, I could hear the life support system of my environmental pack whine as it struggled to remove the excess heat, moisture, and carbon dioxide from my spacesuit.
365 tomorrows » 2010 » January : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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But that was not what Viking found --- it uncovered evidence of life but (to this day) could not rule out an odd inorganic reaction between its biology experiments and an unknown oxidant in Martian soil.
Mars Sample Return Planetary Protection Report Released - NASA Watch 2009
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The shuttle climbed through the thin Martian atmosphere, and headed toward the harbor in orbit.
365 tomorrows » 2010 » May : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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