Meaning of planetary

(adj) of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets; "planetary motion"; "planetary year"

of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants; "planetary rumblings and eructations"- L.C.Eiseley; "the planetary tilt"; "this terrestrial ball"

having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond"

involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope; "global war"; "global monetary policy"; "neither national nor continental but planetary"; "a world crisis"; "of worldwide significance"