pláinéad — meaning in English
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English meaning
- planet noun A large, roughly spherical body that orbits a star, has cleared its orbital path of other debris, and is not itself a star.
Senses
pláinéad is used for these senses in English:
- planet (astronomy, current) 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. [from 2006]
planet — full definition
- noun A large, roughly spherical body that orbits a star, has cleared its orbital path of other debris, and is not itself a star.
- noun Used with "the" or "this": the Earth, especially when talking about it as a whole, fragile system.