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clear the neighborhood

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To become gravitationally dominant, such that there are no other bodies of comparable size within its orbit, other than its natural satellites or those otherwise under its gravitational influence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

Examples

  • Clearing the neighborhood is one of three necessary criteria for a celestial body to be considered a planet in the Solar System, according to the definition adopted in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union.

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verb

Meaning 2

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see clear, the, neighborhood.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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