planetary

planetary

English

Etymology

planet +‎ -ary

Adjective

planetary (not comparable)

1. (astronomy) Of, or relating to planets, or the orbital motion of planets.
   • Fuller

     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

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.