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Planetary Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Planetary? [adj] 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" [adj] having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond" [adj] of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets; "planetary motion"; "planetary year" [adj] 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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Planetary: erratic \| global \| international \| planetal \| terrestrial \| unsettled \| wandering \| world(a) \| worldwide Related Terms \| Find terms related to Planetary: aberrant \| aberrative \| all-comprehending \| all-comprehensive \| all-covering \| all-embracing \| all-encompassing \| all-filling \| all-including \| all-inclusive \| allover \| all-pervading \| anagalactic \| Antaean \| asteroidal \| astral \| astrologic \| astrologistic \| astrologous \| astronomic \| astrophysical \| catholic \| celestial \| circuitous \| circumplanetary \| cislunar \| colossal \| cosmic \| cosmopolitan \| country-wide \| cyclopean \| Cynthian \| departing \| desultory \| deviant \| deviating \| deviative \| deviatory \| devious \| digressive \| discursive \| ecumenic \| ecumenical \| elephantine \| empyreal \| empyrean \| enormous \| equinoctial \| errant \| erratic \| excursive \| extragalactic \| galactic \| gigantic \| global \| heavenly \| heaven-wide \| heliacal \| immense \| indirect \| intercosmic \| international \| interplanetary \| intersidereal \| interstellar \| jumbo \| labyrinthine \| lunar \| lunary \| lunate \| lunular \| lunulate \| mazy \| meandering \| meteoric \| meteoritic \| monumental \| national \| nebular \| nebulose \| nebulous \| nondenominational \| nonsectarian \| out-of-the-way \| planetal \| planetarian \| planetesimal \| rambling \| roving \| semilunar \| serpentine \| shifting \| sidereal \| snaky \| solar \| sphery \| starry \| star-spangled \| star-studded \| stellar \| stellary \| stray \| swerving \| terrestrial \| total \| turning \| twisting \| undirected \| universal \| uranic \| vagrant \| veering \| wandering \| winding \| worldwide \| world-wide \| zigzag \| zodiacal See Also \| Planetary In Webster's Dictionary \Plan"etary\, 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.

Planetary Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Planetary?

[adj] 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"
[adj] having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond"
[adj] of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets; "planetary motion"; "planetary year"
[adj] 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"

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Planetary In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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