Definition of planet

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Planet (n.) A celestial body which revolves about the sun in an orbit of a moderate degree of eccentricity. It is distinguished from a comet by the absence of a coma, and by having a less eccentric orbit. See Solar system..

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Node :: Node (n.) One of the two points where the orbit of a planet, or comet, intersects the ecliptic, or the orbit of a satellite intersects the plane of the orbit of its primary..
Calculated :: Calculated (p. p. & a.) Worked out by calculation; as calculated tables for computing interest; ascertained or conjectured as a result of calculation; as, the calculated place of a planet; the calculated velocity of a cannon ball..
Planetoidal :: Planetoidal (a.) Pertaining to a planetoid.
Saturnian :: Saturnian (a.) Of or pertaining to the planet Saturn; as, the Saturnian year..
Siderated :: Siderated (a.) Planet-struck; blasted.
Egress :: Egress (n.) The passing off from the sun's disk of an inferior planet, in a transit..
Occidental :: Occidental (a.) Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west; western; -- opposed to oriental; as, occidental climates, or customs; an occidental planet..
Retrograde :: Retrograde (v. i.) To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, backward, as a planet..
Mars :: Mars (n.) The metallic element iron, the symbol of which / was the same as that of the planet Mars..
Mars :: Mars (n.) One of the planets of the solar system, the fourth in order from the sun, or the next beyond the earth, having a diameter of about 4,200 miles, a period of 687 days, and a mean distance of 141,000,000 miles. It is conspicuous for the redness of its light..
Vortex :: Vortex (n.) A supposed collection of particles of very subtile matter, endowed with a rapid rotary motion around an axis which was also the axis of a sun or a planet. Descartes attempted to account for the formation of the universe, and the movements of the bodies composing it, by a theory of vortices..
Phosphor :: Phosphor (n.) The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; Lucifer..
Planet :: Planet (n.) A star, as influencing the fate of a men..
Planet-stricken :: Planet-stricken (a.) Alt. of Planet-struc.
Splendent :: Splendent (a.) Shining; glossy; beaming with light; lustrous; as, splendent planets; splendent metals. See the Note under 3d Luster, 4..
Bind :: Bind (v. t.) To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind; as, attraction binds the planets to the sun; frost binds the earth, or the streams..
Martial :: Martial (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the god, or the planet, Mars..
Velocity :: Velocity (n.) Quickness of motion; swiftness; speed; celerity; rapidity; as, the velocity of wind; the velocity of a planet or comet in its orbit or course; the velocity of a cannon ball; the velocity of light..
Planetary :: Planetary (a.) Having the nature of a planet; erratic; revolving; wandering.
Celidography :: Celidography (n.) A description of apparent spots on the disk of the sun, or on planets..
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