planetary

pronunciation

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Adjective:

of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets
of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants
having no fixed course
involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope

Word Origin

planetary (adj.): 1590s; see planet + -ary. Probably from Late Latin planetarius "pertaining to a planet or planets," but this is attested only as "an astrologer." Planetary nebula, so called for its shape, attested from 1785.

Synonym

adj.

earthly sublunary terrestrial universal terrene global subterrestrial worldwide

adj.

unsettled roving gypsyish unfixed rambling nomadic vagabond shifting transient moving migratory vagrant restless itinerant peripatetic wandering

Example

1. This lends support to current theories of planetary formation .

2. Will there be a planetary shock wave ?

3. Exactly how the planetary wobbles and the carbon dioxide movements and the ocean changes fitted together is far from clear .

4. See photos of new planetary nebula .

5. That doesn 't jibe with one widely accepted model of planetary formation .

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