1. janus - Noun
2. Janus - Proper noun
A Latin deity represented with two faces looking in opposite directions. Numa is said to have dedicated to Janus the covered passage at Rome, near the Forum, which is usually called the Temple of Janus. This passage was open in war and closed in peace.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA dense film of a conventional surfactant is quite impermeable. On the other hand, a dense film of Janus grains always has some interstices between the grains, and allows for chemical exchange between the two sides; "the skin can breathe." Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
He is the very Janus of poets he wears almost everywhere two faces and you have scarce begun to admire the one, ere you despise the other. John Dryden
According to the search and screen committee, the two finalists are Matt Janus, interim head coach at UW-La Crosse and Joe Schaefer, defensive coordinator at John Carroll University (Ohio). Source: Internet
According to Geoffrey's narrative, Cordelia had buried her father beneath the river in a chamber dedicated to Janus and that his feast day was an annual celebration. Source: Internet
After the Voyager flybys, it became known that there are two similarly-sized moons (Epimetheus and Janus ) in the same orbit, so there is some uncertainty about which one was the object of Pioneer's near-miss. Source: Internet
Analysts at the asset manager Janus Henderson studied dividends paid by the world’s 1,200 largest companies in 2019. Source: Internet