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Definition of planetary adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

planetary

adjective
 
/ˈplænətri/
 
/ˈplænəteri/
[only before noun] (specialist)
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  1. relating to a planet or planets
    • planetary activity
    • a planetary system
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPlanetary is used with these nouns:
    • mission
    • orbit
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    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from late Latin planetarius ‘relating to the planets’ (recorded only as a noun meaning ‘astrologer’), from planeta ‘planet’.
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