Colossal, large, immense ... In this rowadjectives have a worthy place and the word "gigantic". All of these definitions are synonymous, describing a very large animate or inanimate object.
Versions of the word's origin
Giants like people four meters highheight and weight of several hundred kilograms are mentioned in the Old Testament Bible. The oldest book says that before the Great Flood, the human life span was about 1000 years, respectively, and the physical parameters of the giants were outstanding.
We must assume that the giant ─ is a giant,grandiose. Considering the fact that Noah's Ark was such, having managed to hold a huge number of animals, it can be assumed that the man who built it possessed all the qualities of a giant. The Bible directly indicates that Noah at the time of the flood was 600 years old, and he died 350 years after a new life began on Earth.
There is also a version that the giants calledpeople belonging to the tribe Spaly, who once lived in the southern regions of today's Russia. Representatives of this nationality, apparently, were also of considerable growth. It turns out that the gigantic ─ it is primarily large, tall, strong. It is quite possible that the Russian epic hero Svjatogor was the last surviving warrior from the tribe of giants destroyed by the Goths.
The giants of our time
The word is often used in a figurative sense,when you need to celebrate the outstanding quality or merit of a person. Giant can be the mind, talent, invention, scientific contribution and so on. In literature and poetry, "gigantic" ─ is a common epithet that defines the size of inanimate objects, for example, a huge tree, stone, mountain, rock.
The term is often used in zoology, beingpart of the names of animal species to emphasize their distinctive features in comparison with other members of the family or genus. Giant - this is a large hummingbird, and the type of frogs, and an exotic eagle owl.
