Definition of Pluto

competent Definition: (adjective) having the skill and knowledge needed for a particular task; capable Petersons.com

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Plu·to    (plt) KEY  

NOUN:

1. Roman Mythology The god of the dead and the ruler of the underworld.
2. The ninth and usually farthest planet from the sun, having a sidereal period of revolution about the sun of 248.5 years, 4.4 billion kilometers (2.8 billion miles) distant at perihelion and 7.4 billion kilometers (4.6 billion miles) at aphelion, and a diameter less than half that of Earth.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Latin Plt , Pltn-, from Greek Ploutn, from ploutos, wealth (from the belief that the underworld was the source of wealth from the ground); see pleu- in Indo-European roots

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