Meaning of Charonian | Babel Free

Definitions

Of or relating to Charon.

not-comparable

Examples

“The Charonian journey will soon be taken.”

“The Elysian plain, near the Catacombs in Egypt, stood upon the foul Charonian canal: which was so noisome, that every fetid ditch and cavern was from it called Charonian. [...] Pliny speaking of some Charonian hollows in Italy, says that the exhalations were insupportable.”

“[It] possessed the six legs characteristic of Charonian life”

“Although this casts doubt on an intrinsic source for a present-day Charonian atmosphere, it is possible that Elliot & Young's result can be understood if Charon's gravity causes it to collect escaping gas from Pluto.”

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