tethys
IPA: tˈɛðiz
Root Word: Tethys
noun
- (Greek mythology) Personification of fertile waters, she was a Titan daughter of Uranus and Gaia, and with her brother Oceanus gave birth to all rivers and the Oceanids.
- (geology) A large ocean which formerly lay between Eurasia and Africa.
- The iteration of this oceanic basin during the Mesozoic, the most recent iteration.
- (astronomy) A moon of Saturn.
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Examples of "tethys" in Sentences
- Tethys was both sister and wife of Oceanus.
- Tethys appears to have no current geological activity.
- The closing of Tethys and the tectonics of the Himalaya.
- Tethys is an icy body similar in nature to Dione and Rhea.
- Styx was also the name of the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys.
- Burkert continues by making a linguistic connection to Tethys.
- She was the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys and the wife of Nereus.
- In the past, the Silent Zone was submerged under the Tethys Ocean.
- The River Tethys was gifted to the Hegemony of Man by the TechnoCore.
- Alcinoe was also the name of a naiad, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys.
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