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Definition of Solar System
1. Noun. The sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field.
Group relationships: Heliosphere
Member holonyms: Earth, Globe, World, Jupiter, Edgeworth-kuiper Belt, Kuiper Belt, Mars, Red Planet, Mercury, Minor Planet, Planetoid, Neptune, Outer Planet, Major Planet, Planet, Pluto, Saturn, Sun, Uranus, Venus
Terms within: Interplanetary Medium
Definition of Solar System
1. Proper noun. The Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it, including the eight planets, their moons, the asteroids(,) and comets. ¹
2. Noun. (defn English) ¹
3. Proper noun. The Solar System; the Sun and all the objects in orbit around it. ¹
4. Noun. Any collection of heavenly bodies including a star or binary star, and any lighter stars, brown dwarfs, planets, and other objects in orbit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Solar System
1. The group of celestial bodies, including the earth, orbiting around and gravitationally bound by the sun. It includes nine planets, 34 natural satellites, more than 1,000 observed comets, and thousands of lesser bodies known as minor planets (asteroids) and meteoroids. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Solar System
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