Märs, n.

n. [Lat. Mars, Mar-tis, archaic Mavors, Ma-vortis.]

1. (Myth.) The son of Jupiter and Juno, and the god of war.
2. (Astron.) One of the planets of the solar system, the fourth in order from the sun, or the next beyond the earth, having a diameter of about 4100 miles, a period of 687 days, and a mean distance of 142,000,000 miles. It is conspicuous for the redness of its light.
3. (O. Chem.) The metal iron.