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Planetary definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PLAN'ETARY, a. Pertaining to the planets; as planetary inhabitants; planetary motions.
1. Consisting of planets; as a planetary system.
2. Under the dominion or influence of a planet; as a planetary hour. [Astrology.]
3. Produced by planets; as planetary plague or influence.
4. Having the nature of a planet; erratic or revolving.
Planetary days, the days of the week as shared among the planets, each having its day, as we name the days of the week after the planets.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets; "planetary motion"; "planetary year" [syn: planetal, planetary]
2: of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants; "planetary rumblings and eructations"- L.C.Eiseley ; "the planetary tilt"; "this terrestrial ball" [syn: planetary, terrestrial]
3: having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond" [syn: erratic, planetary, wandering]
4: involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope; "global war"; "global monetary policy"; "neither national nor continental but planetary"; "a world crisis"; "of worldwide significance" [syn: global, planetary, world, worldwide, world-wide]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1607 1. a. of, relating to, being, or resembling a planet b. erratic, wandering c. having a motion like that of a planet <planetary electrons> d. immense <the scope of this project has reached planetary proportions> 2. a. of, relating to, or belonging to the earth ; terrestrial b. global, worldwide <planetary politics> 3. having or consisting of an epicyclic train of gear wheels

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 of or like planets (planetary influence). 2 terrestrial; mundane. 3 wandering; erratic. Phrases and idioms: planetary nebula a ring-shaped nebula formed by an expanding shell of gas round a star. Etymology: LL planetarius (as PLANET)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Planetary Plan"et*a*ry, a. [Cf. L. planetarius an astrologer, F. plan['e]taire planetary. See Planet.] 1. Of or pertaining to the planets; as, planetary inhabitants; planetary motions; planetary year. 2. Consisting of planets; as, a planetary system. 3. (Astrol.) Under the dominion or influence of a planet. ``Skilled in the planetary hours.'' --Drayton. 4. Caused by planets. ``A planetary plague.'' --Shak. 5. Having the nature of a planet; erratic; revolving; wandering. ``Erratical and planetary life.'' --Fuller. Planetary days, the days of the week as shared among the planets known to the ancients, each having its day. --Hutton. Planetary nebula, a nebula exhibiting a uniform disk, like that of a planet.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Planetary means relating to or belonging to planets. Within our own galaxy there are probably tens of thousands of planetary systems. ADJ: ADJ n

Moby Thesaurus

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