Definition of 'planetary'

Adjective

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

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