Definitions for planetarium

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planetarium plan·e·tar·i·um

Spelling: [plan-i-tair-ee-uh m]

IPA: /ˌplæn ɪˈtɛər i əm/

Planetarium is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 1398 anagrams from letters in planetarium (aaeilmnprtu).

Definitions for planetarium

noun

1. an apparatus or model representing the planetary system.
2. a device that produces a representation of the heavens by the use of a number of moving projectors.
3. the building or room in which such a device is housed.

Origin of planetarium

1765-75; New Latin, noun use of neuter of Latin planētārius planetary; cf. -arium

Examples for planetarium

The dome was lighted to represent a clear night, and, incidentally, all nights are clear in a planetarium.

Ingulfus mentions at the same time a nadir, as he calls it, or planetarium, executed in various metals.

In the school-room there was a planetarium, very neatly finished, set in motion by clock-work.

The planets are visible during the day in the planetarium as well as night.