💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Planetary ring"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| circumplanetary disknoun | (astronomy) A torus-, pancake- or ring-shaped accumulation of matter in orbit around a planet. |
| ringshinenoun | (astronomy) Sunlight that is reflected from the ring around a planet (such as the one around Saturn), visible on the night side of the planet. |
| annulusnoun | A ring- or donut-shaped area, object, or structure. |
| ringnoun | (physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle. |
| ring systemnoun | (astronomy) The combined system or structure formed by all of the rings orbiting a planet |
| exoringnoun | (astronomy) a ring or ring system around an exoplanet (extrasolar planet) |
| annular eclipsenoun | (astronomy) a solar eclipse in which the thin outer disk of the sun can be seen as a ring around the moon |
| ansanoun | (anatomy) A loop-shaped structure. |
| protoplanetary disknoun | (astronomy) A rotating disk of dense gas and dust surrounding a young newly formed star, and from which planets may be formed. |
| protoplanetary discnoun | (astronomy) Alternative form of protoplanetary disk. [(astronomy) A rotating disk of dense gas and dust surrounding a young newly formed star, and from which planets may be formed.] |
| diamond ringnoun | By extension, an engagement ring, usually one given by a man to a woman. |
| planetary gearnoun | A system of gears that has a central gear wheel (sun gear) around which others (planet gears) rotate, often within an outer ring. |
| asteroid beltnoun | (astronomy) The main asteroid belt, the region of the orbital plane of the Solar System located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter which is occupied by numerous minor planets (asteroids) and the dwarf planet Ceres. |
| planetary objectnoun | (astronomy) Any substantial body in orbit around the Sun or other star: a planet, minor planet, or comet. |
| circlenoun | (geometry) A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a plane that are equally distant from a given point (center). |
| crustnoun | The external, hardened layer of certain foodstuffs, including most types of bread, fried meat, etc. |
| maculanoun | (anatomy) An oval yellow spot near the center of the retina of the human eye, histologically defined as having two or more layers of ganglion cells, responsible for detailed central vision. |
| protoplanetnoun | An astronomical object, approximately the size of the Moon, formed from the mutual gravitational attraction of planetesimals; they are thought to collide with each other and slowly form planets |
| planetesimalnoun | (astronomy) Any of many small, solid astronomical objects that orbit a star and form protoplanets through mutual gravitational attraction. |
| cassini divisionnoun | (astronomy) A 4,800 km (3,000 mi) wide region between the A Ring and B Ring in Saturn. |
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