planetary

English

Etymology

planet +‎ -ary

Adjective

planetary (not comparable)

1. (astronomy) Of, or relating to planets, or the orbital motion of planets.
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     erratical and planetary life

2. Of, or relating to the Earth; terrestrial.
3. Of, or relating to the whole Earth; global.
4. (of a gear train) epicyclic

Synonyms

• (of the whole earth): global
• (of a gear train): epicyclic

Derived terms

• circumplanetary
• extra-planetary
• extraplanetary
• interplanetary
• multiplanetary
• nonplanetary
• planetary aberration
• planetary body
• planetary engineering
• planetary gear
• planetary nebula
• planetary object
• planetary ring
• planetary science
• planetary system
• preplanetary
• proplanetary
• protoplanetary
• subplanetary
• transplanetary
• triplanetary

 

Translations

of or relating to planets

• Asturian: planetariu
• Catalan: planetari (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 行星的 (zh) (xíngxīng de)

• Czech: planetární (cs)
• Dutch: planetair (nl)
• Esperanto: planeda, planeduma
• Finnish: planetaarinen (fi)
• French: planétaire (fr)
• Galician: planetario
• German: planetar (de)
• Greek: πλανητικός (el) (planitikós)
• Irish: pláinéadach
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• Italian: planetario (it)
• Japanese: 惑星の (ja) (わくせいの, wakusei no)
• Manx: planaidagh
• Norman: plianétaithe
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: planetarisk

  Nynorsk: planetarisk

• Portuguese: planetário (pt)
• Romanian: planetár (ro)
• Russian: планета́рный (ru) (planetárnyj), плане́тный (ru) (planétnyj)
• Slovene: planetáren
• Spanish: planetario (es)
• Tagalog: buntalain

Noun

planetary (plural planetaries)

1. A planetary nebula.