Upturn

up-tern', v. To turn up, direct upward, throw up. Upward. See under Up. Uranium, u-ra'nt-um.w. (Mm.) A metal of a reddish brown color, commonly obtained in a crystalline form. [NL., Gr. oaranos, heaven, in mythology, the son of Erebus and Gaia, and father of Saturn or f Uranus, the planet.] —Uranog'raphy, -nog'ra-fY, n. A description of the heavens, and the heavenly bodies uranology. [Gr. ouranos and graphein, to describe.] — Uranol'ogy, -o-it, n. A discourse or treatise on the heavens and the heavenly bodies. [Gr. logos, discourse.] — U'ran us, n. (Astron.) One of the primary planets: is about 1,800,000,000 miles from the sun.—Ura'nia, -nY-a, n. 'Myth.) The muse of astronomy, daughter of Zeus by Mnemosvne. See Muse.