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English Dictionary: planet	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
planet n (astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction Synonym(s): planet, major planet a person who follows or serves another Synonym(s): satellite, planet any celestial body (other than comets or satellites) that revolves around a star
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Planet \Plan"et\, n. [OE. planete, F. plan[8a]te, L. planeta, fr. Gr. [?], and [?] a planet; prop. wandering, fr. [?] to wander, fr. [?] a wandering.] 1. (Astron.) A celestial body which revolves about the sun in an orbit of a moderate degree of eccentricity. It is distinguished from a comet by the absence of a coma, and by having a less eccentric orbit. See {Solar system}. Note: The term planet was first used to distinguish those stars which have an apparent motion through the constellations from the fixed stars, which retain their relative places unchanged. The inferior planets are Mercury and Venus, which are nearer to the sun than is the earth; the superior planets are Mars, the asteroids, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, which are farther from the sun than is the earth. Primary planets are those which revolve about the sun; secondary planets, or moons, are those which revolve around the primary planets as satellites, and at the same time revolve with them about the sun. 2. A star, as influencing the fate of a men. There's some ill planet reigns. --Shak. {Planet gear}. (Mach.) See {Epicyclic train}, under {Epicyclic}. {Planet wheel}, a gear wheel which revolves around the wheel with which it meshes, in an epicyclic train.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Planet ["An Experiment in Language Design for Distributed Systems", D. Crookes et al, Soft Prac & Exp 14(10):957-971 (Oct 1984)].