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planetary

/ˈplænɪtri//ˈplænɪtəri/

planetary adjective: of, or relating to planets, or the orbital motion of planets.

Adjective

planetary (not comparable)

  1. Of, or relating to planets, or the orbital motion of planets.
    • erratical and planetary life1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)
  2. Of, or relating to the Earth; terrestrial.
  3. Of, or relating to the whole Earth; global.
    Synonyms:
    global
  4. Epicyclic.
    • a planetary mixer
    Synonyms:
    epicyclic

Noun

planetary (plural planetaries)

  1. A planetary nebula.

planetary meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

planetary in Hindi

of or relating to planets
ग्रहीय grahīya

planetary in Tamil

வான்கோள்களுக்குரிய, நிலவுலகுக்குரிய, இம்மைக்குரிய, இவ்வுலக வாழ்வு சார்ந்த

planetary in Urdu

نجومی, سیاروی

planetary in Malayalam

ഗ്രഹവിഷയകമായ, ഗ്രഹതുല്യമായ
More languagesFewer languages
planetary in Kannada
ಗ್ರಹಸಂಬಂಧಿ, ಗ್ರಹಗಳ, ಗ್ರಹದ
planetary in Nepali
ग्रहीयहरू
planetary in Tagalog
buntalain

Examples of planetary in a sentence

  • The scale of the planetary and dwarf planetary regions of the solar system.
  • Scientists studying Pluto refer to themselves as planetary scientists (not dwarf planetary scientists).
  • They flee from planetary destruction, war, or just from overcrowding and ecological crappitude.

All 31 example sentences with planetary

Synonyms of planetary

Forms of planetary

pluralplanetaries

Origin of planetary

From planet + -ary.

Words formed from planetary

Phrases with planetary

Questions about planetary

What does planetary mean?
Planetary means of, or relating to planets, or the orbital motion of planets.
What is planetary in Hindi?
Planetary in Hindi is ग्रहीय (grahīya). See Planetary meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is planetary?
Planetary can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce planetary?
Planetary is pronounced /ˈplænɪtəri/ (UK).

Words near planetary in the dictionary

  1. planetarians
  2. planetaries
  3. planetarily
  4. planetarium
  5. planetariums
  6. planetary
  7. planetary aberration
  8. planetary aberrations
  9. planetary bodies
  10. planetary body
  11. planetary engineering

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: planetary (page history and authors); planetary (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); planetary (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); planetary (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); planetary (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); planetary (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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