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tertiary planets

tertiary planets is the plural of tertiary planet.

Meaning of tertiary planet

Noun

tertiary planet (plural tertiary planets)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tertiary, planet. (the third planet; usually counting outwards from the central sun)
  2. (archaic) A planet of the third-degree/third-order. The planet of a planet (secondary planet) of a planet (primary planet). An object (moonmoon) which orbits an object (moon) which orbits an object (planet) which orbits a star.
  3. An aspect in astrology, a calculated node in a reading, that is not a real planet.

Questions about tertiary planets

What is tertiary planets the plural of?
Tertiary planets is the plural of tertiary planet.

Words near tertiary planets in the dictionary

  1. tertiary industries
  2. tertiary industry
  3. tertiary phosphine
  4. tertiary phosphines
  5. tertiary planet
  6. tertiary planets
  7. tertiary sector
  8. tertiary sectors
  9. tertiary source
  10. tertiary sources
  11. tertiary storage

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