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| Käännös | Konteksti |
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| Substantiivit |
| 1. | | astronomia, astrologia, historiallinen |
| 2. | | vanhahtava |
Määritelmät
Substantiivit
- (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.
- (astronomy) A body which orbits the Sun directly and is massive enough to be in hydrostatic equilibrium (effectively meaning a spheroid) and to dominate its orbit; specifically, the eight major bodies of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. (Pluto was considered a planet until 2006 and has now been reclassified as a dwarf planet.)
- A large body which directly orbits any star (or star cluster) but which has not attained nuclear fusion.
- In phrases such as the planet, this planet, sometimes refers to the Earth.
Esimerkit
- Be they not dreames of humane vanity,[...]to make of our knowne earth a bright shining planet ?
- The moon[...]began to rise from her bed, where she had slumbered away the day, in order to sit up all night. Jones had not travelled far before he paid his compliments to that beautiful planet, and, turning to his companion, asked him if he had ever beheld so delicious an evening?
- Another of Boehme's followers, the Welshman Morgan Llwyd, also believed that the seven planets could be found within man.
- A Discovrse concerning a New Planet. Tending to prove, That 'tis probable our Earth is one of the Planets.
- Their decision will force a rewrite of science textbooks because the solar system is now a place with eight planets and three newly defined "dwarf planets"—a new category of object that includes Pluto.
- "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;."
- It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]:; perhaps to moralise on the oneness or fragility of the planet, or to see humanity for the small and circumscribed thing that it is;.
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