Synonym: major planet, satellite. Similar words: planetarium, airplane, lane, plan, plant, planner, planning, explanation. Meaning: ['plænɪt] n. 1. (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 2. a person who follows or serves another 3. any celestial body (other than comets or satellites) that revolves around a star.
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(121) I was somebody from another planet intruding on another way of life....
(122) Jupiter is a very massive planet, and its escape velocity is correspondingly high.
(123) By eating meat we share the responsibility of climate change, the destruction of our forests, and the poisoning of our air and water. The simple act of becoming a vegetarian will make a difference in the health of our planet. Thich Nhat Hanh
(124) It's hardly likely that the people in charge would want to share the fate of this unfortunate planet.
(125) The dying planet has a metaphysical relationship to my own mortality and to that extent my inquiry into landscape is inherently ironic.
(126) Daryl Johnston, the most celebrated blocking back on the planet, is serenaded with moose calls anytime he touches the football.
(127) Economically, militarily and culturally, Washington rules the planet, and it seeks to enhance that position in the new century.
(128) If things get nasty on Planet Terra it can at least beam itself up on to the Starship Astra.
(129) We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special. Stephen Hawking
(130) Although much of this heat was radiated back into space, a significant fraction was retained by the growing planet.
(131) She was much more fun after a few drinks, gently mocking her dedication to saving this planet.
(132) They did a full survey to begin with, launching several satellites to encircle the planet, collecting atmospheric and geographic data.
(133) A stranger from another planet might well ask of whom they were speaking; and where his wisdom lay.
(134) The team confirmed the discovery of a planet orbiting the star 51 Pegasi.
(135) The Earth would then have evolved as a cratered, dead planet similar to the Moon.
(136) For the sake of a handful of people making huge profits the entire planet has been put in jeopardy.
(137) Hasn't he any conception of the devastation caused to this planet by burning fossil fuels?
(138) The planet Mercury orbits the Sun more closely than do any of the others.
(139) I am sure this must be the steepest natural gradient of temperature on the surface of our planet.
(140) The moons will look like pinpoints of light lined up on either side of the planet.
(141) They were serious shoes[sentencedict.com/planet.html], meant to come in direct contact with the surface of the planet.
(142) Cairns-Smith believes that the original life on this planet was based on self-replicating inorganic crystals such as silicates.
(143) But if you mean to stick around on the planet for a bit, you need to keep your eyes skinned.
(144) Here are more varieties of living creatures crammed into a square meter than anywhere else on the planet.
(145) The software that allows consumers to tap into the Net from their phones comes from Unwired Planet.
(146) Preliminary evidence suggested that a second planet was also orbiting the star further out.
(147) Instead, each planet had its own peculiar machinery which was related to but not integrally connected to a universal system.
(148) Why was she on this distant planet, trying to discover how the Althosian civilization was destroyed?
(149) As soon as they were out of my house, I intended for them to disappear from the face of the planet.
(150) The Green Party is campaigning on the simplest of tickets in this election ... the need to save our planet.
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