planet
nounEtymology
From Middle English planete, from Old French planete, from Latin planeta, planetes, from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs, “wanderer”) (itself an ellipsis of ἀστέρες πλανῆται (astéres planêtai, “wandering stars”)), from Ancient Greek πλανάω (planáō, “wander about, stray”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Latin pālor (“wander about, stray”), Old Norse flana (“to rush about”), and Norwegian flanta (“to wander about”). More at flaunt. So called because they have apparent motion, unlike the "fixed" stars. Originally including also the moon and sun but not the Earth; modern scientific sense of "world that orbits a star" is from 1630s in English. The Greek word is an enlarged form of πλάνης (plánēs, “who wanders around, wanderer”), also "wandering star, planet", in medicine "unstable temperature." Displaced native Old English tungol.
Definitions
Each of the seven major bodies which move relative to the fixed stars in the night…
Each of the seven major bodies which move relative to the fixed stars in the night sky—the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
- Be they not dreames of humane vanity,[…]to make of our knowne earth a bright shining planet [translating astre]?
- Another of Boehme's followers, the Welshman Morgan Llwyd, also believed that the seven planets could be found within man.
Any body that orbits the Sun, including the asteroids (as minor planets) and sometimes…
Any body that orbits the Sun, including the asteroids (as minor planets) and sometimes the moons of those bodies (as satellite planets)
- A Discovrse concerning a New Planet. Tending to prove, That 'tis probable our Earth is one of the Planets
A body which is massive enough to be in hydrostatic equilibrium (generally resulting in…
A body which is massive enough to be in hydrostatic equilibrium (generally resulting in being an ellipsoid) but not enough to attain nuclear fusion and, in IAU usage, which directly orbits a star (or multiple star) and dominates the region of its orbit; specifically, in the case of the Solar system, the eight major bodies of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
- Their decision will force a rewrite of science textbooks because the solar system is now a place with eight planets and three newly defined "dwarf planets"—a new category of object that includes Pluto.
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construed with the or this
construed with the or this: The Earth.
The neighborhood
- synonymplanet
- antonymdwarf planet
- neighborplanetary body
- neighborplanetary-mass object
- neighborplanetary object
- neighborplanet-ruler
- neighborplanet-struck
- neighbormoon
- neighbororbit
- neighborplanemo
- neighborcelestial body
- neighborchthonian planet
- neighbordwarf planet
- neighborexoplanet
Derived
antiplanet, aquaplanet, blanet, deplanetize, gas giant planet, homeplanet, interplanetary, multiplanet, nonplanet, on what planet, planetal, planetality, planetar, planetarium, planetary, planetbound, planetcide, planetdom, planeted, planeteer, planetesimal, planetfall, planetful, planet gear, planethood, planet-hunting, planetical, planetless, planetlike, planetographer, planetography, planetoid, planetologist, planetology, planetophysics, planet placement, planetquake, planetrise, planetscape, planetship · +17 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at planet. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at planet. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at planet
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA