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   Janus
   Janus was a two faced Roman god of beginnings and ends.
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   Janus
   [n] - (Roman mythology) the Roman god of doorways and passages
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   Janus
   Satellite of the planet Saturn. See TABLE 8. SATURN - SATELLITE DATA
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   Janus
   In Roman mythology, the god of all openings, including doorways and passageways, and the beginning of the day, month, and year. January was dedicated to him. He is represented as having two faces,...
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   Janus
   1. Distributed language with an ask/tell constraint system. qdjanus is a Janus-to-Prolog compiler for Sicstus Prolog and jc is compiles to C. ['Janus: A Step Towards Distributed Constraint Programming', V. Saraswat (saraswat@parc.xerox.com) et al in Logic Programming: Proc 1990 North Am Conf, S. Debray et al eds, MIT Press 1990]. ['Programming in J...
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   janus
   antenna system for an airborne Doppler radar,designed to eliminate the effects of aircraft movement other than displacemement over the ground Category: News-systems and communications
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   Janus
   Ja'nus noun [ Latin See January .] (Rom. Antiq.) A Latin deity represented with two faces looking in opposite directions. Numa is said to have dedicated to Janus the covered passage at Rome, near the Forum, which is usually called the Temple of Janus. This passage was open in war and closed in peace. Dr. W. Smith. Janus cloth , a fabric having both sides dressed, the ...
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   Janus
   • (n.) A Latin deity represented with two faces looking in opposite directions. Numa is said to have dedicated to Janus the covered passage at Rome, near the Forum, which is usually called the Temple of Janus. This passage was open in war and closed in peace.
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   Janus
   (from the article `Saturn`) Janus and Epimetheus are co-orbital moons—they share the same average orbit. Every few years they make a close approach, interacting gravitationally ...
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    Janus
    in Roman religion, the animistic spirit of doorways (januae) and archways (jani). Janus and the nymph Camasene were the parents of Tiberinus, whose ... [2 related articles]
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    Janus
    Janus is a Lat In girl name. The meaning of the name is `Beginnings` The name Janus doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Janus seems to be unique!
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    Janus
    Janus The name of an ancient Italian deity, regarded as the doorkeeper of heaven, as guardian of doors and gates, and as presiding over the entrance upon or beginning of things; represented with a face on the front and another on the back of his head; the doors of his temple in the Roman Forum were always open in time of war, and shut in time of peace.
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    Janus
    An inner moon of Saturn. Janus was discovered on December 15, 1966, by Audouin Dollfus and is also known as Saturn X. It is nearly co-orbital (shares its orbit) with Epimetheus and is located between Saturn’s F- and G-rings. Because Janus and Epimetheus differ in their orbital radii by only 50 km, t...
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    Janus
    Janus (jā'nus) , in Roman religion, god of beginnings. He was one of the principal Roman gods, the custodian of the universe. The first hour of the day, the first day of the month, the first month of the year (which bears his name) were sacred to him. His chief function was as guardian dei...
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    Janus
    Janus (jā'nus) , in astronomy, one of the named moons, or natural satellites, of Saturn. Also known as Saturn X (or S10), Janus is an irregularly shaped (nonspherical) body measuring about 122 mi (196 km) by 119 mi (192 km) by 93 mi (150 km); it orbits Saturn at a mean distance of 94,120 m...
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