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  • noun Plural form of Uranian.

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Examples

  • But what most seriously complicates the Calendar of the Uranians is the fact that the four moons which accompany the planet accomplish their revolution in four different kinds of months, in two, four, eight, and thirteen days, as is shown in the following table:

    Astronomy for Amateurs Camille Flammarion 1883

  • If one's first book say, on Uranians in global diaspora is a hit, that doesn't guarantee that departmental politics will look kindly on a Martian-American writing a history of Martian nationalism.

    Advanced Interviewing; or, My Favorite Martian Tenured Radical 2009

  • No one expected, when we forced the Uranians to assume the shape of human babies, that the impersonation would be so exact.

    Orphans of Chaos 2005

  • We can't kill the hostages because the Uranians will attack.

    Orphans of Chaos 2005

  • The Uranians will then be afraid to attack us because of our strength.

    Orphans of Chaos 2005

  • He was the first to traffick with the Fallen Uranians.

    Orphans of Chaos 2005

  • You treat her like a princess, like she's fine china, or else we'll have the Uranians up in arms and up around our ears.

    Orphans of Chaos 2005

  • Four Uranians might well alter the balance of power between the various factions contending for the throne.

    Orphans of Chaos 2005

  • "Now that they are older, we might be able to move the Uranians to another location, but I am certain Your Lordship would wish this to be done under the supervision of someone you trust for the same reason Lord Mulciber would insist on it."

    Orphans of Chaos 2005

  • As to the Saturnians, Uranians, and Neptunians, if such people exist, they probably ignore our existence altogether.

    Astronomy for Amateurs Camille Flammarion 1883

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