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841 Etymology dictionary, p. sextile (adj.).2
… two planets, "at an angular distance of 60 degrees;" 1590s (n.); from Latin sextilis (adj.) "the sixth" (in classical Latin used only in the calendar, with mensis, as the …
842 Etymology dictionary, p. sideration (n.).2
… be planet-struck, afflicted as if by an evil star," from stem of sidus (genitive sideris ) "heavenly body, star, constellation" (see sidereal ). English in 17c. also had …
843 Etymology dictionary, p. signifier (n.).2
… (1580s) "planet ruling a house," from Medieval Latin significare; the English word is attested from 1640s as "one who or that which signifies" ( significatory is …
844 Etymology dictionary, p. sphere (n.).4
… the planets and the fixed stars; the supposed harmonious sound they made rubbing against one another was the music of the spheres (late 14c.), Milton's sphery …
845 Etymology dictionary, p. star (n.).3
Used originally of the apparently fixed celestial bodies, which is the restricted modern sense. But it also was used of planets and comets, as preserved in falling star (late 15c.) "meteor;" morning star "Venus at dawn" (Old English), etc.
846 Etymology dictionary, p. star (n.).4
… of planets and zodiac on human affairs" is recorded from mid-13c., hence "person's fate as figured in the stars" (c. 1600; star-crossed "ill-fated," literally "born under …
847 Etymology dictionary, p. stationary (adj.).2
late 14c., stacionarie, "having no apparent motion" (in reference to planets), via Anglo-Latin stationarius "motionless," from the stem of Latin statio "a standing, post, job, position" (see station (n.)). The Old French form was stacioonaire .
848 Etymology dictionary, p. suborbital (adj.).2
also sub-orbital, 1803, "situated below the orbit of the eye;" 1959 of rocket flights, etc., "not making a complete orbit of the planet," from sub- "below" + orbital (adj.). Related: Suborbitally .
849 Etymology dictionary, p. sun (n.).2
… or planet; daylight; the rays of the sun, sunlight," also the sun as a god or object of worship; Middle English sonne, from Old English sunne "the sun," from Proto-Germanic …
850 Etymology dictionary, p. synod (n.).2
… of planets," from syn- "together" (see syn- ) + hodos "a traveling, journeying; a manner or system (of doing, speaking, etc.); a way, road, path," a word of uncertain origin (see Exodus …
851 Etymology dictionary, p. system (n.).4
… its planets. The computer sense of "group of related programs" is recorded from 1963. All systems go (1962) is from U.S. space program. The system "prevailing social …
852 Etymology dictionary, p. tectonics (n.).2
1899 in the geological sense, "structural arrangement of the rocks of the planet's crust," from tectonic (also see -ics ); earlier it meant "building or constructive arts in general" (1850).
853 Etymology dictionary, p. telluric (adj.).2
… a planet." The last two senses are from Latin tellus, tellum (genitive telluris ) "earth, the earth" (see tellurian ). Also see -ic. Related: Tellurial .
854 Etymology dictionary, p. terminator (n.).2
… or planet," from Latin terminator, literally "he who limits or sets bounds," agent noun from terminare "to mark the end or boundary," from terminus "end, limit" (see …
855 Etymology dictionary, p. terra (n.).3
… , a planet among planets (as opposed to Mars, Neptune).
856 Etymology dictionary, p. terran (adj.).2
"of or pertaining to the planet Earth," 1881, Terrane, in science fiction writing, from Latin terra "earth" (see terra ).
857 Etymology dictionary, p. terran (adj.).3
Also used as a noun meaning "inhabitant of the Earth" (1953). An earlier adjective form, terrene was used in Middle English in the sense of "belonging to this world, earthly, secular, temporal" (c. 1300), later, "of the Earth as a planet" (1630s).
858 Etymology dictionary, p. terrestrial (adj.).3
Hence passing to "pertaining to the world or to the present state, worldly, mundane." The natural history sense of "living on land" is attested from 1630s. In reference to earth-like planets, by 1888.
859 Etymology dictionary, p. titan (n.).3
… to planet Saturn's largest satellite in 1831 (Greek Kronos, equivalent of Roman Saturn, was leader of the titans). It was discovered 1655 by Dutch astronomer …
860 Etymology dictionary, p. transit (n.).2
… a planet across the sun" is from 1660s. Meaning "public transportation" is attested from 1873.