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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  2.  Consisting  of  planets;  as  a  planetary  system. 
 
  3.  (Astrol.)  Under  the  dominion  or  influence  of  a  planet. 
  ``Skilled  in  the  planetary  hours.''  --Drayton. 
 
  4.  Caused  by  planets.  ``A  planetary  plague.''  --Shak. 
 
  5.  Having  the  nature  of  a  planet;  erratic;  revolving; 
  wandering.  ``Erratical  and  planetary  life.''  --Fuller. 
 
  {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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  planetary 
  adj  1:  of  or  relating  to  or  resembling  the  physical  or  orbital 
  characteristics  of  a  planet  or  the  planets;  "planetary 
  motion";  "planetary  year"  [syn:  {planetal}] 
  2:  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:  {terrestrial}] 
  3:  having  no  fixed  course;  "an  erratic  comet";  "his  life 
  followed  a  wandering  course";  "a  planetary  vagabond"  [syn: 
  {erratic},  {wandering}] 
  4:  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},  {world(a)},  {worldwide}] 




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