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Meaning of planetary

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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}, {planetary}]
      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: {planetary}, {terrestrial}]
      3: having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life
         followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond" [syn:
         {erratic}, {planetary}, {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}, {planetary},
         {world(a)}, {worldwide}, {world-wide}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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