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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (4)

1. of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets;
- Example: "planetary motion"
- Example: "planetary year"
[syn: planetal, planetary]

2. of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants;
- Example: "planetary rumblings and eructations"- L.C.Eiseley
- Example: "the planetary tilt"
- Example: "this terrestrial ball"
[syn: planetary, terrestrial]

3. having no fixed course;
- Example: "an erratic comet"
- Example: "his life followed a wandering course"
- Example: "a planetary vagabond"
[syn: erratic, planetary, wandering]

4. involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope;
- Example: "global war"
- Example: "global monetary policy"
- Example: "neither national nor continental but planetary"
- Example: "a world crisis"
- Example: "of worldwide significance"
[syn: global, planetary, world(a), worldwide, world-wide]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Planetary \Plan"et*a*ry\, a. [Cf. L. planetarius an astrologer,
   F. plan['e]taire planetary. See Planet.]
   1. Of or pertaining to the planets; as, planetary
      inhabitants; planetary motions; planetary year.
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   2. Consisting of planets; as, a planetary system.
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   3. (Astrol.) Under the dominion or influence of a planet.
      "Skilled in the planetary hours." --Drayton.
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   4. Caused by planets. "A planetary plague." --Shak.
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   5. Having the nature of a planet; erratic; revolving;
      wandering. "Erratical and planetary life." --Fuller.
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   Planetary days, the days of the week as shared among the
      planets known to the ancients, each having its day.
      --Hutton.

   Planetary nebula, a nebula exhibiting a uniform disk, like
      that of a planet.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

planetary
    adj 1: of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital
           characteristics of a planet or the planets; "planetary
           motion"; "planetary year" [syn: planetal, planetary]
    2: of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or
       its inhabitants; "planetary rumblings and eructations"-
       L.C.Eiseley ; "the planetary tilt"; "this terrestrial ball"
       [syn: planetary, terrestrial]
    3: having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life
       followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond" [syn:
       erratic, planetary, wandering]
    4: involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in
       scope; "global war"; "global monetary policy"; "neither
       national nor continental but planetary"; "a world crisis";
       "of worldwide significance" [syn: global, planetary,
       world(a), worldwide, world-wide]