Uranian adj.

of or relating to the planet Uranus or its inhabitants

Demonyms

  • 1839 Fantastical Excursion into Planets 179

    Whilst I was thus regulating the Uranian climate…there lurked a very contemptuous grin in this very goblin's every feature.

  • 1844 W. H. Smyth Cycle of Celestial Objects I. 205 page image

    The Uranian astronomer must be well stationed for watching comets.

  • 1930 J. Vanny Radium Master in Wonder Stories Aug. 242/1 page image Jim Vanny bibliography

    Directly below them was a great clearing—the Uranian airport.

  • 1941 J. L. Chapman Crystal World in Cosmic Stories Mar. 47/2 page image John L. Chapman bibliography

    You forget, doctor, that it’s not rightfully yours, either. You stole it from that Uranian prince.

  • 1950 W. F. Temple Martian’s Fancy in New Worlds Summer 40 page image William F. Temple bibliography

    ‘Wonder what Pop’ll bring back this time?’…‘What he’ll probably bring me is a stuffed, six-eyed Uranian mongoose.’

  • 1959 P. K. Dick War Game in Galaxy Dec. 94/1 page image Philip K. Dick bibliography

    He picked up a large toy spaceship manufactured by a Uranian company.

  • 1978 G. S. Elrick Science Fiction Handbook 86 page image George S. Elrick bibliography

    ego decimator…. A Uranian torture device that destroys will power via painful psychological whittling.

  • 1989 N. Lowe Mutant Popcorn in Interzone (#28) Mar.–Apr. 27/1 page image Nick Lowe bibliography

    The woefully misappreciated Uranian project to create a zany comic sculpture from their planet’s magnetic field.

  • 2001 G. Cox Rise & Fall of Khan Noonien Singh (Star Trek: Eugenics Wars) I. xxxv. 394 page image Greg Cox bibliography

    Kirk gladly sampled the fare, only to find both the onion soup and the Uranian salad dressing surprisingly bland.

  • 2009 W. Barton Sea of Dreams in Asimov’s Science Fiction Oct.–Nov. 146 page image William Barton bibliography

    It appears the Uranian atmosphere is being pumped out and displaced by a mixture of oxygen, nitrogen, helium, and some trace gasses.

Research requirements

antedating 1839
Research History
The early cites are taken from the OED.

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