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[ plan -i-ter-ee ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈplæn ɪˌtɛr i / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective of, relating to, or resembling a planet or the planets.
wandering; erratic.
terrestrial; global.
Machinery . noting or pertaining to an epicyclic gear train in which a sun gear is linked to one or more planet gears also engaging with an encircling ring gear.
noun Machinery . a planetary gear train.
Origin of planetary From the Latin word planētārius, dating back to 1585–95. See planet, -ary
OTHER WORDS FROM planetary non·plan·e·tar·y, adjective Words nearby planetary plane suture, planet, plane table, planetarian, planetarium, planetary , planetary nebula, planetary precession, planetesimal, planetesimal hypothesis, planet gear
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Thus the sun is at once the great regulator of the planetary motions, and the fountain of light and heat.
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Unfortunately, we were not blessed with a planetary situation as agreeable as Earth's.
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Thus, active volcanism is taking place, at present, on at least one planetary body in addition to our Earth.
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But there are hundreds of planetary bodies now known that were then not known.
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Dr. Winslow accounts for the theory of planetary influence partly by the action of the moon in producing the tides.
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British Dictionary definitions for planetary adjective of or relating to a planet
mundane; terrestrial
wandering or erratic
astrology under the influence of one of the planets
(of a gear, esp an epicyclic gear) having an axis that rotates around that of another gear
(of an electron) having an orbit around the nucleus of an atom
SEE MORE SEE LESS noun plural -taries a train of planetary gears
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Words related to planetary terrestrial, global, earthly, erratic, nomadic, universal, wandering, worldly