gas giant
Meanings
noun
- A large planet composed mostly of gaseous hydrogen and helium, along with methane and ammonia; possibly with a solid core.
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Etymology
From gas + giant, coined by American science-fiction writer James Blish and first attested in 1952 in a rewritten version of his 1941 short story Solar Plexus.
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