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 Definitions of planetary  [ˈplæn ɪˌtɛr i]  

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Definition of 'planetary' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) planetary
of, pertaining to, or resembling a planet or the planets.

2.  planetary
wandering; erratic.

3.  planetary
terrestrial; global.

4. (n.) planetary
an epicyclic gear train in which a sun gear is linked to one or more planet gears also engaging with an encircling ring gear.

Etymology:  (1585–95; < L)

Definition of 'planetary' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) planetal, planetary
of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets
"planetary motion"; "planetary year"

2. (adj) planetary, terrestrial
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"

3. (adj) erratic, planetary, wandering
having no fixed course
"an erratic comet"; "his life followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond"

4. (adj) global, planetary, world(a), worldwide, world-wide
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"


Definition of 'planetary' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) planetary
of or pertaining to the planets; as, planetary inhabitants; planetary motions; planetary year

2. (adj) planetary
consisting of planets; as, a planetary system

3. (adj) planetary
under the dominion or influence of a planet

4. (adj) planetary
caused by planets

5. (adj) planetary
having the nature of a planet; erratic; revolving; wandering


Translation of 'planetary' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: any of the bodies (eg the Earth) which move round the Sun or round another star
Mars and Jupiter are planets, but the Moon is not.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: planetêr Arabic flag Arabic: كَوْكَبي، سَيّاري Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: планетен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: planetário Czech flag Czech: planetární German flag German: planetarisch
Danish flag Danish: planetarisk; planet- Greek flag Greek: πλανητικός Spanish flag Spanish: planetario
Estonian flag Estonian: planetaar- Farsi flag Farsi: وابسته به سیاره Finnish flag Finnish: planetaarinen
French flag French: planétaire Hebrew flag Hebrew: שֶׁל כּוֹכבי לֶכֶת Hindi flag Hindi: ग्रहीय
Croatian flag Croatian: planetarni Hungarian flag Hungarian: bolygó- Indonesian flag Indonesian: planetarium
Icelandic flag Icelandic: reikistjörnu- Italian flag Italian: planetario Japanese flag Japanese: 惑星の
Korean flag Korean: 행성의 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: planetinis, planetų Latvian flag Latvian: planētas-; planētu-
Malay flag Malay: planet Dutch flag Dutch: planetair Norwegian flag Norwegian: planet-, planetarisk
Polish flag Polish: planetarny Persian flag Persian: وابسته به سیاره Pashto flag Pashto: سياره ته مربوط
Portuguese flag Portuguese: planetário Romanian flag Romanian: planetar Russian flag Russian: планетный;планетарный
Slovak flag Slovak: planetárny Slovenian flag Slovenian: planeten Serbian flag Serbian: planetarni
Swedish flag Swedish: planetarisk, planet- Thai flag Thai: แห่งดาวนพเคราะห์ Turkish flag Turkish: gezegenle ilgili
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 行星的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: планетний; планетарний Urdu flag Urdu: سياروں سے متعلق
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thuộc về hành tinh Chinese flag Chinese: 行星的

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