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stella errans — 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

stella errans is used for these senses in English:

  • planet (now, historical, or, astrology) 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. [from 14thc.]

planet — full definition

  1. noun A large, roughly spherical body that orbits a star, has cleared its orbital path of other debris, and is not itself a star.
  2. noun Used with "the" or "this": the Earth, especially when talking about it as a whole, fragile system.
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