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in·ter·plan·e·tar·y

(ĭn′tər-plăn′ĭ-tĕr′ē)

adj.

Existing or occurring between planets.

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interplanetary

(ˌɪntəˈplænɪtərɪ; -trɪ)

adj

(Astronomy) of, relating to, or existing between planets

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in•ter•plan•e•tar•y

(ˌɪn tərˈplæn ɪˌtɛr i)

adj.

being or occurring between the planets or between a planet and the sun.

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Adj.

interplanetary - between or among planets; "interplanetary travel"

Translations

interplanetario

interplanetary

[ˌɪntəˈplænɪtərɪ] ADJ → interplanetario

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interplanetary

adj → interplanetar

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Cylinder followed cylinder on its interplanetary flight; every twenty-four hours brought them reinforcement.

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And friend Murchison, with his chronometer in hand, his eye fixed on the needle, his finger on the electric apparatus, is counting the seconds preparatory to launching us into interplanetary space."

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What guide had I through the trackless waste of interplanetary space?

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His routes haphazard or not, it turns out that Victor will always get interplanetary travelers where they need to be.

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Lockheed Martin said it "will apply its expertise in interplanetary spacecraft to a new program designed to deliver commercial payloads to the surface of the Moon" after NASA announced they have selected Lockheed Martin's McCandless Lunar Lander to provide payload delivery services as part of the agency's Commercial Lunar Payload Services contract.

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Musk, the founder of rocket and spacecraft company SpaceX, said the company's interplanetary ship could begin test flights as soon as next year.

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Just in time for his scheduled presentation about the ambitious voyage, the tech millionaire shared an illustration of an interplanetary rocket sitting on the surface of the Moon, which he captioned 'Moon Base Alpha.'