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INTERPLANETARY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
interplanetary travel
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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
planet ((astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction)