planetule
planetule noun: a little planet.
Noun
planetule (plural planetules)
- A little planet.
- At the surface of Mars, for instance, the gravity is only one third that at our own surface, at the moon one-sixth, and in the singular little planetules grouped between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, probably not more than one-twentieth.1836, William Daniel Conybeare, An Elementary Course of Theological Lectures, in Three Parts
Forms of planetule
| plural | planetules |
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Origin of planetule
From planet + -ule, ultimately from Latin planetula.
Questions about planetule
- What does planetule mean?
- Planetule means a little planet.
- What part of speech is planetule?
- Planetule is a noun.
- What is the plural of planetule?
- The plural of planetule is planetules.
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