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planetfall

planetfall noun: the arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of a planet.

Noun

planetfall

  1. The arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of a planet.
    • “Listen up, grunts. We'll be making planetfall in T-minus three minutes. You'll be joining the war against the Scourge, an alien race of soulless, ruthless automatons.”2024 August 12, Joe Saunders, “The Battle of Zab 9” (1:00 from the start), in Solar Opposites, season 5, episode 9, spoken by Screaming Grunt (Nick Reczynski)

Origin of planetfall

From planet + fall, by analogy with landfall.

Questions about planetfall

What does planetfall mean?
Planetfall means the arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of a planet.
What part of speech is planetfall?
Planetfall is a noun.

Words near planetfall in the dictionary

  1. planeteers
  2. planetesimal
  3. planetesimals
  4. planetessimal
  5. planetessimals
  6. planetfall
  7. planetful
  8. planetfuls
  9. planethood
  10. planetic
  11. planetical

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