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Interplanetary
Interplanetary In`ter*plan"et*a*ry, a.
Between planets; as, interplanetary spaces. --Boyle.
Medicean planetsMedicean Med`i*ce"an, a.
Of or relating to the Medici, a noted Italian family; as, the
Medicean Venus.
Medicean planets (Astron.), a name given by Galileo to the
satellites of Jupiter. Planeted
Planeted Plan"et*ed, a.
Belonging to planets. [R.] --Young.
Planetic
Planetic Pla*net"ic, Planetical Pla*net"ic*al, a. [L.
planeticus, Gr. ?.]
Of or pertaining to planets. --Sir T. Browne.
Planetical
Planetic Pla*net"ic, Planetical Pla*net"ic*al, a. [L.
planeticus, Gr. ?.]
Of or pertaining to planets. --Sir T. Browne.
Planetoid
Planetoid Plan"et*oid, n. [Planet + -oid.] (Astron.)
A body resembling a planet; an asteroid.
Planetoidal
Planetoidal Plan"et*oid*al, a.
Pertaining to a planetoid.
Planet-stricken
Planet-stricken Plan"et-strick`en, Planet-struck
Plan"et-struck`, a.
Affected by the influence of planets; blasted. --Milton.
Like planet-stricken men of yore He trembles, smitten
to the core By strong compunction and remorse.
--Wordsworth.
Planet-struck
Planet-stricken Plan"et-strick`en, Planet-struck
Plan"et-struck`, a.
Affected by the influence of planets; blasted. --Milton.
Like planet-stricken men of yore He trembles, smitten
to the core By strong compunction and remorse.
--Wordsworth.
Planetule
Planetule Plan"et*ule, n.
A little planet. [R.] --Conybeare.
Primary planetsPrimary Pri"ma*ry, a. [L. primarius, fr. primus first: cf. F.
primaire. See Prime, a., and cf. Premier, Primero.]
1. First in order of time or development or in intention;
primitive; fundamental; original.
The church of Christ, in its primary institution.
--Bp. Pearson.
These I call original, or primary, qualities of
body. --Locke.
2. First in order, as being preparatory to something higher;
as, primary assemblies; primary schools.
3. First in dignity or importance; chief; principal; as,
primary planets; a matter of primary importance.
4. (Geol.) Earliest formed; fundamental.
5. (Chem.) Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by,
some quality or property in the first degree; having
undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.
Primary alcohol (Organic Chem.), any alcohol which possess
the group CH2.OH, and can be oxidized so as to form a
corresponding aldehyde and acid having the same number of
carbon atoms; -- distinguished from secondary & tertiary
alcohols.
Primary amine (Chem.), an amine containing the amido group,
or a derivative of ammonia in which only one atom of
hydrogen has been replaced by a basic radical; --
distinguished from secondary & tertiary amines.
Primary amputation (Surg.), an amputation for injury
performed as soon as the shock due to the injury has
passed away, and before symptoms of inflammation
supervene.
Primary axis (Bot.), the main stalk which bears a whole
cluster of flowers.
Primary colors. See under Color.
Primary meeting, a meeting of citizens at which the first
steps are taken towards the nomination of candidates, etc.
See Caucus.
Primary pinna (Bot.), one of those portions of a compound
leaf or frond which branch off directly from the main
rhachis or stem, whether simple or compounded.
Primary planets. (Astron.) See the Note under Planet.
Primary qualities of bodies, such are essential to and
inseparable from them.
Primary quills (Zo["o]l.), the largest feathers of the wing
of a bird; primaries.
Primary rocks (Geol.), a term early used for rocks supposed
to have been first formed, being crystalline and
containing no organic remains, as granite, gneiss, etc.;
-- called also primitive rocks. The terms Secondary,
Tertiary, and Quaternary rocks have also been used in like
manner, but of these the last two only are now in use.
Primary salt (Chem.), a salt derived from a polybasic acid
in which only one acid hydrogen atom has been replaced by
a base or basic radical.
Primary syphilis (Med.), the initial stage of syphilis,
including the period from the development of the original
lesion or chancre to the first manifestation of symptoms
indicative of general constitutional infection.
Primary union (Surg.), union without suppuration; union by
the first intention.
Meaning of PLANET from wikipedia
- has
eight planets by the most
restrictive definition of the term: the
terrestrial planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, and the
giant planets Jupiter...
- This is a list of
minor planets which have been
officially named by the
Working Group for
Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN) of the
International Astronomical...
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Earth is the
third planet from the Sun and the only
astronomical object known to
harbor life. This is
enabled by
Earth being an
ocean world, the only one...
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objects that
orbit the Sun are the
eight planets. In
order from the Sun, they are four
terrestrial planets (Mercury, Venus,
Earth and Mars); two gas...
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Union (IAU), a
minor planet is an
astronomical object in
direct orbit around the Sun that is
exclusively classified as
neither a
planet nor a comet. Before...
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Planet of the Apes is a
science fiction media franchise consisting of films, books,
television series, comics, and
other media about a post-apocalyptic...
- The
Postal Alpha Numeric Encoding Technique (
PLANET)
barcode was used by the
United States Postal Service to
identify and
track pieces of mail
during delivery...
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fifth planet from the Sun and the
largest in the
Solar System. It is a gas
giant with a m**** more than 2.5
times that of all the
other planets in the...
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Mercury is the
first planet from the Sun and the
smallest in the
Solar System. In English, it is
named after the
ancient Roman god
Mercurius (Mercury)...
- An
exoplanet or
extrasolar planet is a
planet outside the
Solar System. The
first possible evidence of an
exoplanet was
noted in 1917 but was not then...
