Venusian
/vɪˈnjuːzɪən/(also Venutian)
adjective
Astronomy Relating to or characteristic of the planet Venus: a Venusian orbit...
- If water is locked in hydrous minerals in the Venusian crust, it is perhaps possible that any re-release of water could occur locally during volcanism and lava flow activity.
- Venus Express will be the first spacecraft to perform a global investigation of the Venusian atmosphere.
- Instead of being lined up along the boundaries of tectonic plates like those that make up the earth's crust, volcanoes appear to be peppered randomly over the Venusian surface.
noun
A hypothetical or fictional inhabitant of the planet Venus: a bald, purple Venusian [as modifier]: they return home in a Venusian ship...
- At one point he raises a giant mirror from a standing pool and later a ruched curtain rises to reveal the Venusian emperor.
- His speculations about possible Venusian lifeforms helped while away the hours on the plane and the stop-overs at Keflavik.
- This marks the 60th anniversary of Polish science fiction writer's first work, about the Earth being attacked by Venusians.
