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

Planetary \Plan"et*a*ry\, a. [Cf. L. planetarius an astrologer,
   F. plan['e]taire planetary. See Planet.]
   1. Of or pertaining to the planets; as, planetary
      inhabitants; planetary motions; planetary year.
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   2. Consisting of planets; as, a planetary system.
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   3. (Astrol.) Under the dominion or influence of a planet.
      "Skilled in the planetary hours." --Drayton.
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   4. Caused by planets. "A planetary plague." --Shak.
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   5. Having the nature of a planet; erratic; revolving;
      wandering. "Erratical and planetary life." --Fuller.
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   Planetary days, the days of the week as shared among the
      planets known to the ancients, each having its day.
      --Hutton.

   Planetary nebula, a nebula exhibiting a uniform disk, like
      that of a planet.
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