Meaning

3 senses
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tertiary, planet. (the third planet; usually counting outwards from the central sun)

  2. An aspect in astrology, a calculated node in a reading, that is not a real planet.

  3. (archaic)A planet of the third-degree/third-order. The planet of a planet (secondary planet) of a planet (primary planet). An object (moonmoon) which orbits an object (moon) which orbits an object (planet) which orbits a star.

Origin

From tertiary + planet.

From tertiary + planet.

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Forms

plural: tertiary planets
Singulartertiary planet
Pluraltertiary planets

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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