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Found 1 definition: planetary.

Pos: Adjective, Noun

[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Adjective planetary has 4 senses

1. planetary(a = adj.pert) planetal - of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets; "planetary motion"; "planetary year"
Derived form noun planet₁

2. planetary(a = adj.pert) terrestrial - of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants; "planetary rumblings and eructations"; "the planetary tilt"; "this terrestrial ball"

3. planetary(s = adj.all) erratic, wandering - having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond"

4. planetary(s = adj.all) global, world, world-wide, worldwide - 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"

[CIDE DICTIONARY]

planetary, a. [Cf. L. planetarius an astrologer, F. planétaire planetary. See Planet.].

1. Of or pertaining to the planets; as, planetary inhabitants; planetary motions; planetary year. [1913 Webster]

2. Consisting of planets; as, a planetary system. [1913 Webster]

3. Under the dominion or influence of a planet. Drayton. [1913 Webster]

4. Caused by planets. Shak. [1913 Webster]

5. Having the nature of a planet; erratic; revolving; wandering. Fuller. [1913 Webster]

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.

[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

planetary, adj.
1 of or like planets (planetary influence).
2 terrestrial; mundane.
3 wandering; erratic.

Idiom:
planetary nebula a ring-shaped nebula formed by an expanding shell of gas round a star.

Etymology:
LL planetarius (as PLANET)