planetary
adjective
1. of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets
- planetary motion
- planetary year
Similar word(s): planetal
2. of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants
- planetary rumblings and eructations
- the planetary tilt
Similar word(s): terrestrial
3. having no fixed course
- a planetary vagabond
Similar word(s): unsettled, erratic, wandering
4. involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope
- neither national nor continental but planetary
Similar word(s): international, global, world, worldwide
noun
1. A planetary nebula.