pluton — meaning in English

English meaning

• platoon noun A military unit of roughly thirty to forty soldiers, usually commanded by a lieutenant, forming part of a larger company.
• Pluto noun The Roman god of the underworld.
• plutonium noun The transuranic chemical element with atomic number 94 and symbol Pu: a silvery-gray fissile radioactive actinide metal that tarnishes when exposed to air.

Senses

pluton is used for these senses in English:

• platoon (military) A unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company.
• plutonium The transuranic chemical element with atomic number 94 and symbol Pu: a silvery-gray fissile radioactive actinide metal that tarnishes when exposed to air.

platoon — full definition

1. noun A military unit of roughly thirty to forty soldiers, usually commanded by a lieutenant, forming part of a larger company.
2. verb In sports, to alternate two or more players in the same position depending on the situation.

Pluto — full definition

1. noun The Roman god of the underworld.
2. noun A dwarf planet in the outer solar system, once classified as the ninth planet.
3. verb (informal) To demote or downgrade something in status.