planet

Definition of Planet in English :

Noun

(astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction

major planet

2. planet, satellite

a person who follows or serves another

satellite

3. planet

any celestial body (other than comets or satellites) that revolves around a star

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Planet

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noun

1. Also called: major planet

any of the eight celestial bodies, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, that revolve around the sun in elliptical orbits and are illuminated by light from the sun

2. Also called: extrasolar planet

any other celestial body revolving around a star, illuminated by light from that star

3. astrology

any of the planets of the solar system, excluding the earth but including the sun and moon, each thought to rule one or sometimes two signs of the zodiac

Planet

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noun

1. Obsolete

any of the celestial objects with apparent motion (as distinguished from the apparently still stars), including the sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, or Saturn

2.

now, a large, opaque, nonluminous mass, usually with its own moons, that revolves about a star; esp., one of the sun's nine major planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto

Planet

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n.

1.

a. In the traditional model of solar systems, a celestial body larger than an asteroid or comet, illuminated by light from a star, such as the sun, around which it revolves.

b. A celestial body that orbits the sun, has sufficient mass to assume nearly a round shape, clears out dust and debris from the neighborhood around its orbit, and is not a satellite of another planet.

2. One of the seven celestial bodies, Mercury, Venus, the moon, the sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, visible to the naked eye and thought by ancient astronomers to revolve in the heavens about a fixed Earth and among fixed stars.

3.

a. The collection of life forms supported on Earth: an asteroid that threatened the whole planet.

b. People as a whole; humankind or the general public: The entire planet was affected by the global recession.

4. One of the seven revolving astrological celestial bodies that in conjunction with the stars are believed to influence human affairs and personalities.

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