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Definition of Planetoidal
1. a. Pertaining to a planetoid.
Definition of Planetoidal
1. Adjective. Relating to a planetoid. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Planetoidal
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Planetoidal
Literary usage of Planetoidal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dreams of My Solitude on the Mysteries of the Heavens by Joseph Sproul (1879)
"... in rare instances, some may become enlarged considerably above planetoidal
size, although in the end nearly all are destined to be incorporated into one ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1909)
"... but there were three notable exceptions: (1) The opening of the way to
construction on planetoidal lines; (2) the determination of rather rigorous ..."
3. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific by Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1889)
"If these conditions remain as stated by the authority here quoted, it is evident
that research in the field of planetoidal discoveries will have received ..."
4. The Plurality of Worlds by William] [Whewell (1855)
"That the shooting stars, thus seen in great numbers when the earth is at certain
points of her orbit, are really planetoidal bodies, appears to be further ..."
5. The Popular Science Monthly (1878)
"The nebulous matter must be churned by perturbations, but it must not be scattered
by them ; and this is what Jupiter's action on the planetoidal ring has ..."
6. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1921)
"... would take orbits of the planetary type so far as their planes are concerned,
but only a part of these would have a planetoidal degree of circularity. ..."
7. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1905)
"... about the common center of gravity as though they were planetoidal bodies.
If this were certainly known to be the case, these might be well called ..."
8. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"... solid or liquid particles which the continuous spectrum implies, revolve about
the common center of gravity as though they were planetoidal bodies. ..."
9. Dreams of My Solitude on the Mysteries of the Heavens by Joseph Sproul (1879)
"... in rare instances, some may become enlarged considerably above planetoidal
size, although in the end nearly all are destined to be incorporated into one ..."
10. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1909)
"... but there were three notable exceptions: (1) The opening of the way to
construction on planetoidal lines; (2) the determination of rather rigorous ..."
11. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific by Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1889)
"If these conditions remain as stated by the authority here quoted, it is evident
that research in the field of planetoidal discoveries will have received ..."
12. The Plurality of Worlds by William] [Whewell (1855)
"That the shooting stars, thus seen in great numbers when the earth is at certain
points of her orbit, are really planetoidal bodies, appears to be further ..."
13. The Popular Science Monthly (1878)
"The nebulous matter must be churned by perturbations, but it must not be scattered
by them ; and this is what Jupiter's action on the planetoidal ring has ..."
14. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1921)
"... would take orbits of the planetary type so far as their planes are concerned,
but only a part of these would have a planetoidal degree of circularity. ..."
15. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1905)
"... about the common center of gravity as though they were planetoidal bodies.
If this were certainly known to be the case, these might be well called ..."
16. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"... solid or liquid particles which the continuous spectrum implies, revolve about
the common center of gravity as though they were planetoidal bodies. ..."
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