PLANETARY

• (adj.) of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets

  "planetary motion", "planetary year"

  synonyms : planetal

• (adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants

  "planetary rumblings and eructations", "the planetary tilt", "this terrestrial ball"

  synonyms : terrestrial

• (adj.) 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"

  synonyms : global , world , world-wide , worldwide

• (adj.) having no fixed course

  "an erratic comet", "his life followed a wandering course", "a planetary vagabond"

  synonyms : erratic , wandering

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