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[ adjective ] of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets
Synonyms Examples "planetary motion" "planetary year" Used in print (1961 Research Highlights of the National Bureau of...)The detection and study of such line spectra would add considerably to present information on interstellar gas clouds and , perhaps , planetary atmospheres . |
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[ adjective ] of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants
Synonyms Examples "planetary rumblings and eructations"- L.C.Eiseley "the planetary tilt" "this terrestrial ball" |
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[ adjective ] involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope
Examples "global war" "global monetary policy" "neither national nor continental but planetary" "a world crisis" "of worldwide significance" Related terms |
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