(historical) A discredited scientific theory of geology, held by many scientists around the late 18th century and early 19th century, that rocks were formed from the crystallisation of minerals in the early Earth's oceans.

(astronomy) The eighth planet in our solar system, represented in astronomy and astrology by ♆. / (Roman mythology) The god of the ocean and of earthquakes. The same as Poseidon in Greek mythology.

plural of neptunate

(inorganic chemistry) Relating to trivalent neptunium

(inorganic chemistry) Any oxyanion of neptunium; any salt containing such an ion

(inorganic chemistry) Relating to tetravalent neptunium.

A large cup-shaped marine sponge (Cliona patera).

plural of Neptune's cup

An explosive containing nitroglycerine, used in blasting.

(planetology) An exosolar planet whose characteristics are similar to the ice giants Uranus and Neptune, but which orbits its parent star much more closely and thus has higher temperatures.