'Planetary' definitions:
Definition of 'planetary'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets; "planetary motion"; "planetary year" [syn: planetal, planetary]
adjective
Of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants; "planetary rumblings and eructations"- L.C.Eiseley ; "the planetary tilt"; "this terrestrial ball" [syn: planetary, terrestrial]
adjective
Having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond" [syn: erratic, planetary, wandering]
adjective
Involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope; "global war"; "global monetary policy"; "neither national nor continental but planetary"; "a world crisis"; "of worldwide significance" [syn: global, planetary, world(a), worldwide, world-wide]
Definition of 'Planetary'
From: GCIDE
- Planetary \Plan"et*a*ry\, a. [Cf. L. planetarius an astrologer, F. plan['e]taire planetary. See Planet.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to the planets; as, planetary inhabitants; planetary motions; planetary year. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Consisting of planets; as, a planetary system. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Astrol.) Under the dominion or influence of a planet. "Skilled in the planetary hours." --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Caused by planets. "A planetary plague." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Having the nature of a planet; erratic; revolving; wandering. "Erratical and planetary life." --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- Planetary days, the days of the week as shared among the planets known to the ancients, each having its day. --Hutton.
- Planetary nebula, a nebula exhibiting a uniform disk, like that of a planet. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'planetary'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aberrant,
- aberrative,
- all-comprehending,
- all-comprehensive,
- all-covering,
- all-embracing,
- all-encompassing,
- all-filling,
- all-including,
- all-inclusive,
- all-pervading,
- allover,
- anagalactic,
- Antaean,
- asteroidal,
- astral,
- astrologic,
- astrologistic,
- astrologous,
- astronomic,
- astrophysical,
- catholic,
- celestial,
- circuitous,
- circumplanetary,
- cislunar,
- colossal,
- cosmic,
- cosmopolitan,
- country-wide,
- cyclopean,
- Cynthian,
- departing,
- desultory,
- deviant,
- deviating,
- deviative,
- deviatory,
- devious,
- digressive,
- discursive,
- ecumenic,
- ecumenical,
- elephantine,
- empyreal,
- empyrean,
- enormous,
- equinoctial,
- errant,
- erratic,
- excursive,
- extragalactic,
- galactic,
- gigantic,
- global,
- heaven-wide,
- heavenly,
- heliacal,
- immense,
- indirect,
- intercosmic,
- international,
- interplanetary,
- intersidereal,
- interstellar,
- jumbo,
- labyrinthine,
- lunar,
- lunary,
- lunate,
- lunular,
- lunulate,
- mazy,
- meandering,
- meteoric,
- meteoritic,
- monumental,
- national,
- nebular,
- nebulose,
- nebulous,
- nondenominational,
- nonsectarian,
- out-of-the-way,
- planetal,
- planetarian,
- planetesimal,
- rambling,
- roving,
- semilunar,
- serpentine,
- shifting,
- sidereal,
- snaky,
- solar,
- sphery,
- star-spangled,
- star-studded,
- starry,
- stellar,
- stellary,
- stray,
- swerving,
- terrestrial,
- total,
- turning,
- twisting,
- undirected,
- universal,
- uranic,
- vagrant,
- veering,
- wandering,
- winding,
- world-wide,
- worldwide,
- zigzag,
- zodiacal