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261 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PATH.4 (Noah Webster)
3. The way, course or track where a body moves in the atmosphere or in space; as the path of a planet or comet; the path of a meteor.
262 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PERIHELION.1 (Noah Webster)
PERIHELION, PERIHELIUM, n. [Gr. about, and the sun.] That part of the orbit of a planet or comet, in which it is at its least distance from the sun; opposed to aphelion.
263 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PERIOD.2 (Noah Webster)
… a planet in making its revolution round the sun, or the duration of its course till it returns to the point of its orbit where it began. Thus the period of the …
264 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PERIODIC.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Performed in a circuit, or in a regular revolution in a certain time, or in a series of successive circuits; as the periodical motion of the planets round the sun; the periodical motion of the moon round the earth.
265 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PHASE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. In a general sense, an appearance; that which is exhibited to the eye; appropriately, any appearance or quantity of illumination of the moon or other planet. The moon presents different phases at the full and the quadratures.
266 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PLANE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. In astronomy, an imaginary surface supposed to pass through any of the curves described on the celestial sphere; as the plane of the ecliptic; the plane of a planet’s orbit; the plane of a great circle.
267 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PLANET.1 (Noah Webster)
… planet as its center. The planets which revolve about the sun as their center, are called primary planets; those which revolve about other planets as …
268 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PLANETARIUM.1 (Noah Webster)
PLANETARIUM, n. An astronomical machine which, by the movement of its parts, represents the motions and orbits of the planets, agreeable to the Copernican system.
269 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PLANETARY.1 (Noah Webster)
PLANETARY, a. Pertaining to the planets; as planetary inhabitants; planetary motions.
270 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PLANETARY.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Consisting of planets; as a planetary system.
271 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PLANETARY.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Under the dominion or influence of a planet; as a planetary hour. [Astrology.]
272 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PLANETARY.4 (Noah Webster)
3. Produced by planets; as planetary plague or influence.
273 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PLANETARY.5 (Noah Webster)
4. Having the nature of a planet; erratic or revolving.
274 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PLANETARY.6 (Noah Webster)
Planetary days, the days of the week as shared among the planets, each having its day, as we name the days of the week after the planets.
275 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PLANETED.1 (Noah Webster)
PLANETED, a. Belonging to planets.
276 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PLANETICAL.1 (Noah Webster)
PLANETICAL, a. Pertaining to planets. [Not used.]
277 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PLANET-STRUCK.1 (Noah Webster)
PLANET-STRUCK, a. Affected by the influence of planets; blasted.
278 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PLATFORM.11 (Noah Webster)
Platic aspect, in astrology, a ray cast from one planet to another, not exactly, but within the orbit of its own light.
279 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. POINT.21 (Noah Webster)
… the planets intersect the plane of the ecliptic; the place where the equator and ecliptic intersect are called equinoctial points; the points of the ecliptic …
280 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PREDOMINANCE.3 (Noah Webster)
2. In astrology, the superior influence of a planet.