Definition of Planetary in English :

Define Planetary in English

Planetary meaning in English

Meaning of Planetary in English

Pronunciation of Planetary in English

Planetary pronunciation in English

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Planetary

see synonyms of planetary

Adjective

1. planetal, planetary

of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets

Example Sentences:
'planetary motion'
'planetary year'

2. planetary, terrestrial

of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants

Example Sentences:
'planetary rumblings and eructations'
'the planetary tilt'
'this terrestrial ball'

3. erratic, planetary, wandering

having no fixed course

Example Sentences:
'an erratic comet'
'his life followed a wandering course'
'a planetary vagabond'

4. global, planetary, world, world-wide, worldwide

involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope

Example Sentences:
'global war'
'global monetary policy'
'neither national nor continental but planetary'
'a world crisis'
'of worldwide significance'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Planetary

see synonyms of planetary
adjective
1. 
of or relating to a planet
2. 
mundane; terrestrial
3. 
wandering or erratic
4. astrology
under the influence of one of the planets
5. 
(of a gear, esp an epicyclic gear) having an axis that rotates around that of another gear
6. 
(of an electron) having an orbit around the nucleus of an atom
noun plural -taries
7. 
a train of planetary gears

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Planetary

see synonyms of planetary
adjective
1. 
of or having to do with a planet or the planets
2. 
terrestrial; global
3. 
wandering; erratic
4. 
moving in an orbit, like a planet
5. 
designating or of an epicyclic train of gears, as in an automobile transmission
6.  Astrology; Rare
under the influence of a planet

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Planetary

see synonyms of planetary
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets.
2.
a. Of or relating to the earth; terrestrial or earthly: measured the planetary tilt in degrees.
b. Of or affecting the entire world; global: a planetary consensus.
3. Wandering; erratic: a planetary life.
4. Being or relating to a gear train consisting of a central gear with an internal ring gear and one or more pinions.

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