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circumjovial, a. (n.) Astr.|sɜːkəmˈdʒəʊvɪəl| [f. circum- 2 + Jov-em Jupiter: cf. jovial.] A. adj. Revolving round Jupiter. †B. n. A satellite of Jupiter (obs.).
1696Whiston Th. Earth i. (1722) 22 The case being the same in..the Circumjovials about Jupiter. 1728Derham Ecl. Jupiter's Sat. in Phil. Trans. XXXV. 425 Exact Tables to calculate the Eclipses of the Circumjovials. 1794Mrs. Piozzi Synon. II. 150 Circumjovial satellites. 1830Sir J. Herschel Stud. Nat. Phil. 186 The contemplation of the circumjovial planets (as they were called)..assisted in securing the admission of the Copernican system. So circumjoval a., circumjovian a., = prec.; † circumjovialist, a satellite of Jupiter.
1856Brewster Mart. Sc. ii. (ed. 3) 29 The four circumjoval planets. 1856A. Manning Tasso & Leon. 18 Circumjovian planets. 1667R. Towneley in Phil. Trans. II. 458 Taking the Distances..of the Circum-jovialists. |