PLANETAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does planetal mean? 

• PLANETAL (adjective)
  The adjective PLANETAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets

  Familiarity information: PLANETAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLANETAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

planetal; planetary

Context example:

planetary year

Pertainym:

planet ((astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction)

Derivation:

planet ((astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction)

planet (any celestial body (other than comets or satellites) that revolves around a star)