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planetary in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. having no fixed course
    "an erratic comet"; "his life followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond"
    erratic  planetary  wandering 
  2. 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"
    global  planetary  world  worldwide  world-wide 
  3. of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets
    "planetary motion"; "planetary year"
    planetal  planetary 
  4. 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"
    planetary  terrestrial 
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