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PLANETAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

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

Example:

planetary year

Synonyms:

planetal; planetary

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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

planet ((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)

Derivation:

planet ((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)

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

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