janus
IPA: dʒˈeɪnʌs
Root Word: Janus
noun
- (Roman mythology) The god of doorways, gates and transitions, and of beginnings and endings, having two faces looking in opposite directions.
- (attributively) Used to indicate things with two faces (such as animals with diprosopus) or aspects; or made of two different materials; or having a two-way action.
- (chemistry, attributively) Used to indicate an azo dye with a quaternary ammonium group, frequently with the diazo component being safranine.
- (figuratively) A two-faced person, a hypocrite.
- A moon of Saturn.
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