Sa"turn (?), n. [L. Saturnus,
literally, the sower, fr. serere, satum, to sow. See
Season.] 1. (Roman Myth.) One of
the elder and principal deities, the son of Cœlus and Terra
(Heaven and Earth), and the father of Jupiter. The corresponding Greek
divinity was Kro`nos, later CHro`nos,
Time.
2. (Astron.) One of the planets of the
solar system, next in magnitude to Jupiter, but more remote from the
sun. Its diameter is seventy thousand miles, its mean distance from
the sun nearly eight hundred and eighty millions of miles, and its
year, or periodical revolution round the sun, nearly twenty-nine years
and a half. It is surrounded by a remarkable system of rings, and has
eight satellites.
3. (Alchem.) The metal lead.
[Archaic]