Definition of Ceres
1
: the Roman goddess of agriculture — compare demeter
2
: a dwarf planet that orbits within the asteroid belt with a mean distance from the sun of 2.7 astronomical units (260 million miles) and a diameter of 590 miles (950 kilometers)
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The first known use of Ceres was in the 15th century
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