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Any planet of the solar system or any exoplanet which is "Earth-like" in the sense that it is composed primarily of metals and rock, in contrast to a planet which is a gas giant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rocky planet, tellurian planet, telluric planet
Antonyms: none provided
a planet having a compact rocky surface like the Earth's; the four innermost planets in the solar system
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: planet, major planet
Narrower terms: Earth, world, globe, Mars, Red Planet, Mercury, Venus
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
aardplaneet
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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Asturian:
planeta terrestre
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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Bengali:
শিলাময় গ্রহ
(śilamoẏ groho)
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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Bulgarian:
земеподобна планета
(zemepodobna planeta)
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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Catalan:
planeta tel·lúric
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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Chinese Mandarin:
類地行星 /类地行星
(lèidì xíngxīng)
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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Dutch:
aardse planeet
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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Finnish:
kiviplaneetta
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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Finnish:
maankaltainen planeetta
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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French:
planète tellurique
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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Galician:
planeta terrestre
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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German:
erdähnlicher Planet
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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Hindi:
स्थलीय ग्रह
(sthalīya grah)
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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Hungarian:
kőzetbolygó
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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Indonesian:
planet kebumian
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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Italian:
pianeta terrestre
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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Japanese:
地球型惑星
(chikyūgata wakusei)
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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Central Kurdish:
ھەسارەی بەردین
(hesarey berdîn)
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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Luxembourgish:
äerdänleche Planéit
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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Macedonian:
земјовидна планета
(zemjovidna planeta)
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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Malay:
planet bumian
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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Polish:
planeta skalista
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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Portuguese:
planeta telúrico
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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Romanian:
terestrială planetă
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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Romanian:
planetă telurică
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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Russian:
плане́та земно́го ти́па
(planéta zemnóvo típa)
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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Serbo-Croatian:
terestrički planet
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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Slovak:
terestriálna planéta
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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Slovene:
zemeljski planet
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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Swedish:
stenplanet
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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Tamil:
புவியொத்த கோள்
(puviyotta kōḷ)
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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Thai:
ดาวเคราะห์คล้ายโลก
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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Turkish:
dünyasal gezegen
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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Turkish:
kayasal gezegen
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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Turkish:
yerbenzeri gezegen
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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Turkish:
karasal gezegen
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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Ukrainian:
землеподібна планета
(zemlepodibna planeta)
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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Vietnamese:
hành tinh đất đá
— planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
