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Encyclopedia > Titan

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Mythology

  • Titan (mythology), a class of deities who preceded the Olympians in Greek mythology
  • Helios, Greek sun-deity sometimes referred to as "Titan"

In Greek mythology, the Titans (Greek: Titan; plural: Titanes) were a race of powerful deities that ruled during the legendary Golden Age. ... In Greek mythology the sun was personified as Helius (Greek Ἥλιος / ἥλιος). Homer often calls him Titan and Hyperion. ...

Music

The Symphony No. ...

Science

  • Titan (satellite), largest satellite of the planet Saturn
  • Titan beetle, the largest beetle in the Amazon rainforest

Titan (, from Ancient Greek Τῑτάν) or Saturn VI is the largest moon of Saturn and the second largest moon in the Solar System,[4] after Jupiters moon Ganymede. ... The Titan beetle (Titanus giganteus) is the largest known beetle in the Amazon rainforest and one of the largest insect species in the world. ...

Military

USS Titan (AGOS-15) was an Ocean Surveillance Ship of the United States Navy. ... Titan was a family of U.S. expendable rockets used between 1959 and 2005. ...

Fiction

Category: ... Titan A.E. is an 2000 animated sci-fi speace adventure film from Fox Animation Studios and Twentieth Century Fox. ... Titan is a 1997 science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter. ... Titan is a 1979 science fiction novel by John Varley. ... Teen Titans redirects here. ... Titan (Frank Wells) was a Dark Horse Comics superhero. ... The Titans are a group of fictional characters in the Legends of Dune series of novels, written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson and set in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. ... In the fictional universe of Star Trek, the USS Titan is a Starfleet ship under the command of Captain William T. Riker to which he was transferred from the Enterprise-E circa stardate 56844. ... Titans was a short-lived, romantic-drama television series which debuted on October 4, 2000 on NBC. Thirteen episodes were filmed, of which twelve were actually aired. ... The Grand Tour is a series of novels written by science fiction author Ben Bova. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Infershia Pantheon (also known as The Pantheon of Hell and The Hades Gods of the Infershia) are the final set of villains in Mahou Sentai Magiranger, the Infershia Pantheon is composed of the ten gods of Hades itself, and N Mas most loyal servants. ... Terror of Mechagodzilla , Mechagodzillas Counterattack), also known as The Terror of Godzilla in the original American theatrical release, is a 1975 tokusatsu kaiju film. ...

Geography

Titan is a portion of Bucharest, a neighborhood, located in its Eastern part. ... Titan is a metro station in Bucharest. ... Titan is the longest free hanging pitch in any known United Kingdom cave, in the Derbyshire Peak District, some 464 feet (141. ...

Gaming

Titan is an Avalon Hill fantasy board game for two to six players. ... Titan is the fantasy world where Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstones Fighting Fantasy and Sorcery! gamebooks and novels are set. ... (For the Greek and Roman mythological deities, see: Titan (mythology)) In the Dungeons and Dragons fantasy role-playing game, a titan is an enormous, powerful, and godly outsider. ... In the Warhammer 40,000 fictional universe, a Titan is a colossal, and usually humanoid, mecha. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Titan is a game engine developed by Stainless Steel Studios used in the real-time strategy genre. ... Description Titan can at best be defined as an obscure raster graphics Arkanoid/Breakout-clone from 1989 made by Titus. ... Titan appears in mythology, however, this article will not look at that, instead, it will look at the creature in the Final Fantasy Series. ... Age of Mythology (AoM) is a real-time strategy computer game in the popular Age of Empires series. ... StarCraft is a real-time strategy game by Blizzard Entertainment. ... This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long. ... Heroes of Might and Magic II Heroes of Might and Magic (sometimes called simply Heroes or HoMM) is a series of turn-based computer games developed by New World Computing, a division of The 3DO Company. ... EVE Online is a persistent world multiplayer online game set in space. ... Battlefield 2142 is a first-person shooter computer game designed by Digital Illusions CE and is the fourth game in the Battlefield series. ...

Sports

The Acadie-Bathurst Titan are a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. ... The Gold Coast Titans are the 16th and newest team in the Australasias National Rugby League competition. ... The Nashua Titans is the current name for the first class cricket team representing the former Northern Transvaal province, a region that is now part of the Gauteng province and Limpopo Province of South Africa. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The New York Jets are a National Football League team that plays its home games in East Rutherford, New Jersey, but is based on Long Island. ... New York Titans is a professional lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League scheduled to start playing in the 2007 season. ... California State University, Fullerton (CSUF), often referred to as Fullerton State or Cal State Fullerton, is a part of the California State University System. ... St. ... Syracuse High School consists of grades 10-12. ... Wichita South High School is part of Wichita Public Schools USD 259. ...

Companies and products

The Chevrolet Titan (and similar GMC Astro 95) were heavy-duty Class 8 cabover trucks made by General Motors between 1968 and 1988. ... London Central-owned Leyland Titan T991 (A991 SYE) at Forest Hill on route 171, 5 May 2001 For front-engine Leyland Titan built between 1920s and 1970s, see Leyland Titan. ... Metro-Cammell-bodied Leyland Titan (London Transport fleet number RTL554). ... Extended cab Nissan Titan Extended cab Nissan Titan The Nissan Titan is a full-size pickup truck produced in the American market by Nissan Motor. ... Titan Aircraft is an aviation company specializing in kits for small, lightweight homebuilt aircraft. ... Titan Airways is an airline based in Stansted, United Kingdom. ... Titan Books is a UK publisher of graphic novels. ... Titan Magazines is a division of the Titan Entertainment Group, which also owns several Forbidden Planet specialist comics and collector stores (it should not be confused with Forbidden Planet International, which largely owns similar stores, mostly in the North of England). ... TITAN Cement Company S.A. is a large cement producing company, based in Athens, Greece. ... Titan Corporation is a United States-based company headquartered in San Diego, California. ... Titan Industries is worlds sixth largest wrist watch manufacturer and Indias leading producer of watches under the Titan and Sonata brand names. ... TITAN2D is a geoflow simulation software application, intended for geological researchers. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Titan computer was the name given to the Atlas 2 developed by Ferranti and the University of Cambridge Mathematical Laboratory. ... The Gorgon class were six 4-4-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and West Cornwall Railway. ... The Terex Titan was a Canadian earth-hauling lorry prototype built by the Terex Corporation then of General Motors. ...

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The Titanic sailed under British registry as part of the White Star Line, which was owned by a United States company controlled by the financier J.P. Morgan.
Sonar experts, naval architects (including one from the shipyard that built the Titanic), a microbiologist, and historians of the shipwreck were among the experts accompanying the expedition.
At the time of the Titanic's sinking there were conflicting reports as to whether the ship broke up at the surface or sank intact.
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