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planetside

planetside adjective: on a planet.

Adjective

planetside (not comparable)

  1. On a planet.
    • For Kincaid, that planet represented the chance to finally take part in a planetside assault out of the Marine legends on which he'd been weaned—a chance this mass butchery misnamed a war had offered in all too short supply.2002, David Weber, Steve White, The Shiva option

Adverb

planetside (not comparable)

  1. On or to a planet.
    • EOS (HNS) - Dead Coming Home
      The remains of colonists who died in the first attempts to settle Eos are coming home. Remains from Sites 1 and 2 have finally been recovered, giving closure to numerous families aboard the Nexus. There are now calls for an inquiry into why the bodies were left...2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020, PC, scene: Nexus

Origin of planetside

From planet + -side.

Words formed from planetside

Questions about planetside

What does planetside mean?
Planetside means on a planet.
What part of speech is planetside?
Planetside can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near planetside in the dictionary

  1. planetscape
  2. planetscapes
  3. planetsful
  4. planetship
  5. planetships
  6. planetside
  7. planetsider
  8. planetsiders
  9. planetule
  10. planetules
  11. planetward

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