planetary

English

Etymology

From planet +‎ -ary.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈplænɪtəri/, IPA^(key): /ˈplænɪtri/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈplænɪˌtɛəri/, /ˈplænəˌtɛri/

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Adjective

planetary (not comparable)

1. (astronomy) Of, or relating to planets, or the orbital motion of planets.
   • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):

     erratical and planetary life

2. Of, or relating to the Earth; terrestrial.
3. Of, or relating to the whole Earth; global.

   Synonym: global

4. (of a gear train) Epicyclic.

   Synonym: epicyclic

   a planetary mixer

Derived terms

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

 

Translations

of or relating to planets

• Armenian: մոլորակային (hy) (molorakayin)
• Asturian: planetariu
• Bulgarian: планетарен (planetaren)
• Catalan: planetari (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 行星的 (zh) (xíngxīng de)

• Cornish: a'n planetys
• Czech: planetární (cs)
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: planetair (nl)
• Esperanto: planeda, planeduma
• Finnish: planetaarinen (fi)
• French: planétaire (fr)
• Friulian: planetari
• Galician: planetario
• Georgian: პლანეტური (ṗlaneṭuri)
• German: planetar (de)
• Greek: πλανητικός (el) (planitikós)
• Ido: planetala (io)
• Irish: pláinéadach
• Italian: planetario (it)
• Japanese: 惑星の (ja) (わくせいの, wakusei no)
• Kazakh: ғаламшардық (ğalamşardyq)
• Macedonian: пла́не́тен (plánéten), планета́рен (planetáren), пла́нетски (plánetski)
• Manx: planaidagh
• Norman: plianétaithe (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: planetarisk

  Nynorsk: planetarisk

• Piedmontese: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: planetarny (pl), planetowy
• Portuguese: planetário (pt)
• Romanian: planetár (ro)
• Russian: планета́рный (ru) (planetárnyj), плане́тный (ru) (planétnyj)
• Slovene: planetáren
• Spanish: planetario (es)
• Swedish: planetarisk (sv)
• Tagalog: buntalain
• Turkish: gezegensel

Noun

planetary (plural planetaries)

1. A planetary nebula.