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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