Definition of planet

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Planet (n.) A star, as influencing the fate of a men..

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Regrede :: Regrede (v. i.) To go back; to retrograde, as the apsis of a planet's orbit..
Combust :: Combust (a.) So near the sun as to be obscured or eclipsed by his light, as the moon or planets when not more than eight degrees and a half from the sun..
Geocentrical :: Geocentrical (a.) Having reference to the earth as center; in relation to or seen from the earth, -- usually opposed to heliocentric, as seen from the sun; as, the geocentric longitude or latitude of a planet..
Synodically :: Synodical (a.) Pertaining to conjunction, especially to the period between two successive conjunctions; extending from one conjunction, as of the moon or a planet with the sun, to the next; as, a synodical month (see Lunar month, under Month); the synodical revolution of the moon or a planet..
Square :: Square (n.) The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.
Uranus :: Uranus (n.) One of the primary planets. It is about 1,800,000,000 miles from the sun, about 36,000 miles in diameter, and its period of revolution round the sun is nearly 84 of our years..
Mars :: Mars (n.) The metallic element iron, the symbol of which / was the same as that of the planet Mars..
Equant :: Equant (n.) A circle around whose circumference a planet or the center of ann epicycle was conceived to move uniformly; -- called also eccentric equator.
New :: New (superl.) Not before seen or known, although existing before; lately manifested; recently discovered; as, a new metal; a new planet; new scenes..
Semiquartile :: Semiquartile (n.) An aspect of the planets when distant from each other the half of a quadrant, or forty-five degrees, or one sign and a half..
Semiquintile :: Semiquintile (n.) An aspect of the planets when distant from each other half of the quintile, or thirty-six degrees..
Phosphor :: Phosphor (n.) The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; Lucifer..
Planet-struck :: Planet-struck (a.) Affected by the influence of planets; blasted.
Epicycle :: Epicycle (n.) A circle, whose center moves round in the circumference of a greater circle; or a small circle, whose center, being fixed in the deferent of a planet, is carried along with the deferent, and yet, by its own peculiar motion, carries the body of the planet fastened to it round its proper center..
#NAME? :: Stationary (a.) Appearing to be at rest, because moving in the line of vision; not progressive or retrograde, as a planet..
Sphere :: Sphere (n.) In ancient astronomy, one of the concentric and eccentric revolving spherical transparent shells in which the stars, sun, planets, and moon were supposed to be set, and by which they were carried, in such a manner as to produce their apparent motions..
Saturnine :: Saturnine (a.) Born under, or influenced by, the planet Saturn..
Radius Vector :: Radius vector (n.) An ideal straight line joining the center of an attracting body with that of a body describing an orbit around it, as a line joining the sun and a planet or comet, or a planet and its satellite..
Motion :: Motion (n.) Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of the planets is from west to east..
Appulsive :: Appulsive (a.) Striking against; impinging; as, the appulsive influence of the planets..
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