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PLANETESIMAL

Dictionary entry overview: What does planetesimal mean?

• PLANETESIMAL (noun)
The noun PLANETESIMAL has 1 sense:

1. one of many small solid celestial bodies thought to have existed at an early stage in the development of the solar system

Familiarity information: PLANETESIMAL used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PLANETESIMAL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

One of many small solid celestial bodies thought to have existed at an early stage in the development of the solar system

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("planetesimal" is a kind of...):

celestial body; heavenly body (natural objects visible in the sky)

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