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extrasolar
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ex·tra·so·lar
/
ˌɛk
strəˈsoʊ
lər
/
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[
ek-str
uh
-
soh
-ler
]
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adjective
outside, or originating outside, the sun or the
solar system
.
Origin:
1885–90;
extra-
+
solar
1
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extrasolar
(ˌɛkstrəˈsəʊlə)
—
adj
occurring or existing beyond the earth's solar system
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon
Main Entry:
extrasolar
Part of Speech:
adj
Definition:
outside the solar system
Etymology:
exo- +
solar
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Example sentences
And in some planetary systems, the moons of an
extrasolar
planet could
themselves be favorable habitats for extraterrestrial life.
Extrasolar
planet hunters are excited about a not-so-hot discovery.
Not to mention the rapidly expanding universe of
extrasolar
planets.
Also called an
extrasolar
planet
extrasolar
planet: noun: planet outside the
solar system, orbiting a star other than the sun.
For the first time ever, an
extrasolar
planet has been detected due to its physically slinging around its parent star.
These expectations have been shattered by the discovery of the first
extrasolar
giant planets.
The planet they discovered is unusual compared to other recently discovered
extrasolar
planets.
The group discovered many of the other
extrasolar
system planets.
The only real problem is sharing the pad and there have been efforts to use
extrasolar
radio sources to solve that one.
Extrasolar
planets with highly elliptical orbits may perturb each other out of the star's gravitational reach.
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