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planetarium


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Planetarium  \Plan`e*ta"ri*um\,  n.  [NL.:  cf  F.  plan['e]taire. 
  See  {Planetary}.] 
  An  orrery.  See  {Orrery}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  planetarium 
  n  1:  a  building  housing  an  instrument  for  projecting  the 
  positions  of  the  planets  onto  a  domed  ceiling 
  2:  an  optical  device  for  projecting  images  of  celestial  bodies 
  and  other  astronomical  phenomena  onto  the  inner  surface  of 
  a  hemispherical  dome 
  3:  an  apparatus  or  model  for  representing  the  solar  systems 




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